Bat-ageddon: Wind Industry Slaughters Millions of Bats – all to ‘Save’ the Planet

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Remember the line about ‘wonderful’ wind power saving the Planet (from something or other)?  No?
It’s certainly not doing much for millions of air-borne critters that are being belted to Kingdom come. Here’s Ken Richard tallying up the carnage.  Bat Destruction….Data Show Wind Energy Is Wiping Out Wildlife, And Not Saving It......U.S.: 750,000 bats killed by wind turbines annually.  And that’s just Canada. The Canadian wind turbine bat-killing rate is likely similar to the bat-killing rate in the United States, with some evidence suggesting the U.S. rate could be higher.  For example, Davila (2016) found that there were an average of 10.8 bat carcasses under each of the four Illinois wind turbines studied — over a span of just 20 weeks...........To Read More...