The devastating ecological massacre caused by wind turbines – Watt gets along with it?

Daily Skeptics

Chris Morrison

There is evidence that onshore wind turbines have caused serious ecological massacres, with increasing attention focused on removing large amounts of insect life. For obvious political, net zero reasons, insect stripping is not a well-funded field of research, but working in Germany in 2016, the loss across the country was 1,200 tons per year. Recently, Heartland Institute inferred annual insect losses worldwide at 13,640,000,000,000 (1.364 billion) insects, which of course can be pointed out that these figures have been outdated for nearly a decade. Other scientific work reports that destroyed flying insects include bees, beetles and butterflies. Strangely, many institutions are clearly concerned about wildlife and keeping silent about the massacre. It offers its own wind turbine kit for the British Natural History Museum (NHM). It's fun for the whole family, and if the kids are lucky they may have beaten the pass or a few moths.

Work in Germany estimates insect losses during plant growth season to be 40 million per turbine. When commenting on these findings, it is necessary to evaluate whether these deaths increase the decline of insect populations, “probably the extinction of species.” Voigt reported in a 2022 paper that turbines can change nearby microclimates, while vibration noise may reduce earth abundance and may have a cascading effect on soil quality and vegetation. Additionally, he noted that wind turbine facilities lead to displacement of nesting and overwintering birds.

Latest work by University of Wyoming researchers shows that moths, butterflies, beetles, flies and real bugs may be most susceptible to huge rotating blades. Wind turbines generate vortexes, suck wildlife, and cause problems for bats and large birds, such as eagles. “From a conservation and ecological perspective, the massive bird and insect deaths of wind turbines are catastrophic in themselves,” Heartland said.

The loss and extinction of insects are of course very popular within the zero fear range. In 2022, NHM continues an impossible story that flying insects in the UK have dropped by 60% in just 20 years. Of course, for the national treasure, Sir David Attenborough’s legacy is so good that he repeated the panic in the BBC Wild Islands The series is a green Agitprop co-produced with the World Wildlife Foundation and the Royal Society for Conservation of Birds. As it turns out, the evidence is anecdote, mostly due to the errors in calculations of “citizen scientists” on car numbers. The study lacks points out that since 1970, vehicle registrations in the UK have tripled, while the shape of the car has changed greatly, from angle boxes to aerodynamic wedges, sweeping the insects’ aerodynamic wedges.

Despite these obvious flaws in the story, the NHM claims to cause the shocking losses due to temperature and dispersed habitat. In the past 20 years, slight temperature rises are likely to affect insects, while in the northern hemisphere the growing season is slightly longer than the longer growing season, and recently, 14% “green” on the planet is almost the same as higher levels of CO2 content, due to nearly higher levels of carbon dioxide. It is very beneficial to be sure.

It is becoming increasingly obvious that wildlife conservation is merely the idea of ​​unreliable, expensive renewable energy that drives a net-zero fantasy world. Those who cry the biggest on insect drops are almost always those who are the hardest to push green energy heavy fanatics, such as wind turbines. However, it is well known that the color, light and ambient heat of the turbine attract insects. More attracting insects result in more bats and birds causing more bird casualties, resulting in more ground animals clearance, attracting larger raptors who cannot escape the turbo-generated windflow. Thus, the 150 mph rotating skyscraper high blades build their own circular killing field.

Insect loss is especially catastrophic as they serve as a key basis for decomposition agents, crop pollinators and the entire food chain. In April 2023, the Royal Entomology Society welcomed the opportunity to respond to UK government departments on insect decline and food security issues. Of course, there is a lot to say about climate change and some interesting observations about the prosperity and destruction of insect populations, but there are no dead created by wind turbines, vast areas in rural areas.

This may not have to worry about the established insect brigade, but the collision of small animals can be a big problem for turbine operators. Professor Voigt pointed out that insects were collected during low winds, destroying the airflow and possibly cutting power generation in half during high winds. Today, cleaning the mud of turbine blades is a big business. Headquartered in Glasgow, Balmore Wind Services provides professional rope access services for the difficult organisms required for insects and birds to scale. The Heartland concluded that it is certain: “Wind turbines undoubtedly cause huge bird and insect deaths every year.”

As all the knowledgeable societies and institutions continue to turn a blind eye, it is difficult to see who will move forward to draw attention to this ecological disaster of development. Who will be the first to suggest a windmill in the right place in a museum?

Chris Morrison is Daily suspicion' Environment editing.

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