Environmental observations renewable energy
Craig Kelly WIND FARMS v. WILDLIFE - The shocking environmental cost of renewable energy. Following article published in UK Spectator by Clive Hambler, a lecturer in biolog ical and human sciences at Oxford university who specialises in species extinction........ Wind turbines only last for ‘half as long as previously thought’, according to a new study. But even in their short lifespans, those turbines can do a lot of damage. Wind farms are devastating populations of rare birds and bats across the world, driving some to the point of extinction. Most environmentalists just don’t want to know. Because they’re so desperate to believe in renewable energy, they’re in a state of denial. But the evidence suggests that, this century at least, renewables pose a far greater threat to wildlife than climate change. Though I started out neutral on renewable energy, I’ve since seen the havoc wreaked on wildlife by wind power, hydro power, biofuels and tidal barrages. ...