Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-15 08:39:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2A65C535F07A88A23D5E1F3B475EFC92A23926C18DA0CC358C3DA054C7459886
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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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