Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-07-07 16:33:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2F13890ECCA656BABD5A1BE28CC724B6931CB9BFA240B64AEF82657F4EC1081B
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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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