Will this be safer for bird life?
Outside of that case, what if the whole US was powered by wind energy? That would mean 315333 wind turbines, causing 1.34 million bird deaths per year. That's still negligible compared to cats, windows, hunting or communication towers.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_wind_p...
The US uses 473 GW on average, A standard wind turbine produces 1.5MW. 473000/1.5 = 315333. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States#Co...
My reason for doubting is that modern turbines turn slowly in rpm, but the blade tips are still moving extremely fast. Like, just barely sub-sonic fast. So I could well believe that might still be an issue especially for large birds.