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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: rangerrebew on May 06, 2019, 11:56:57 am

Title: New Study Finds That Wind Turbines Could Have Impact On Insect Populations, Food Chain
Post by: rangerrebew on May 06, 2019, 11:56:57 am

New Study Finds That Wind Turbines Could Have Impact On Insect Populations, Food Chain

By P Gosselin on 3. May 2019
 

German DLR model computations show each year 1.2 trillion insects are killed by wind turbine rotors in Germany alone.

Wind energy shows there is no free lunch. Some major drawbacks of this “green energy” supply include blighting of the landscape, health damage from infrasound, and bird killing. Now insect killing is another that is currently emerging.

Hat-tip: Die kalte Sonne
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DLR studies interactions between flying insects and wind farms

Main points:

https://notrickszone.com/2019/05/03/new-study-finds-that-wind-turbines-could-have-impact-on-insect-populations-food-chain/

Title: Re: New Study Finds That Wind Turbines Could Have Impact On Insect Populations, Food Chain
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on May 07, 2019, 01:00:29 am

The laws of unintended consequences are in full effect.