<story><title>Increasing wind turbine rotor blade visibility reduces avian fatalities</title><url>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6592</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dreamcompiler</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m all for reducing avian fatalities from wind turbines. But it&amp;#x27;s also important to understand that this is not going to make a significant dent in how many birds are killed by human causes. Glass buildings kill 2500 times as many birds as wind turbines. House cats kill &lt;i&gt;10,000 times&lt;/i&gt; as many.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;chart&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;15195&amp;#x2F;wind-turbines-are-not-killing-fields-for-birds&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;chart&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;15195&amp;#x2F;wind-turbines-are-n...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tzs</author><text>It will make a significant difference for specific species of birds, such as assorted eagles and other raptors, that generally live away from cities with their tall glass buildings, and that would quickly kill any house cat foolish enough to try to take them.&lt;p&gt;Wind turbines tend to be built in the same kind of places those birds hunt.</text></comment>
<story><title>Increasing wind turbine rotor blade visibility reduces avian fatalities</title><url>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.6592</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dreamcompiler</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m all for reducing avian fatalities from wind turbines. But it&amp;#x27;s also important to understand that this is not going to make a significant dent in how many birds are killed by human causes. Glass buildings kill 2500 times as many birds as wind turbines. House cats kill &lt;i&gt;10,000 times&lt;/i&gt; as many.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;chart&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;15195&amp;#x2F;wind-turbines-are-not-killing-fields-for-birds&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.statista.com&amp;#x2F;chart&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;15195&amp;#x2F;wind-turbines-are-n...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>triceratops</author><text>Pretty much this. If you have a cat, keep it indoors! A bell on the collar isn&amp;#x27;t enough.</text></comment>