Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-02 09:22:10 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5BBA827810255DAB517F56BF16C134E2FD172A38B86514C0FD37A8642B5C2932
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Original Note:
Wind turbines result in 35 times fewer bird deaths per unit of energy produced than the fossil fuels they replace. Studies find that fossil fuels kill 9.36 birds per gigawatt-hour of electricity, while wind turbines kill only 0.269 birds per gigawatt-hour. Learn more: https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/do-wind-turbines-kill-birds https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148112000857?via%3Dihub
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