Wind Turbines Causing Dark Nights for Bats

The big knock on wind turbines has been that they're dangerous to birds. But researchers have found that they actually kill more bats, and the reason why has been a mystery--until now. As this ScienCentral News video explains, a study published today finds the bats are actually drowning in mid-air. http://www.sciencentral.com/video/

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[Arebum]

We just can't win can we?

[chairde]

An ultra pitched siren above the range of humans would ward off any bats.

[tdog158]

@cjfilmproductions What the hell? I can't even decipher what you are trying to say in addition to nuclear energy apparently causing a mass killing. The risk IS worth it, if there is no risk. We just have idiots doing things wrong and not taking the precautions necessary to keeping the population in the vicinity and out of the vicinity of nuclear plants. The people working in Fukoshima probably shouldn't have built a nuclear plant on an island with earthquakes and tsunamis.

[cjfilmproductions]

@tdog158 Ok lets pretend hundreds of Thousands maybe millons of people Are not currently being Killed by radiation......Nuclear is still a bad Option. because accidents Cant be prevented no matter how prepared you are and the risk isn't worth it.....We put man on the moon and we can't figure out what dumb plants did millions of years ago? ITs the SUN stupid.....

[tdog158]

@cjfilmproductions Considering my comment was posted before that event, you can't even use fukoshima as a valid argument.

[cjfilmproductions]

@tdog158 Fukoshima?????

ever heard of it??

[powpanda]

@tdog158 lol @ 'little bit of nuclear waste'. look up nuclear waste in wikipedia

[jetblackdovemusic]

@aolisreallyslow

Some facts: Bats live on mosquitos (at least in the environment where she did research).

Few people like mosquito bites, bats pollinate plants and increase air quality and plants feed us both directly and indirectly.

Wind turbines are a clean source of energy: Kill less bats -build more turbines and live a longer more better lives. Please resist making some harebrained comment, swallow some humble pie. It's the lives of you and your loved ones research like this benefits.

[aolisreallyslow]

This young lady has waisted a lot of money on her education if this is the most important piece of research in her life. Hopefully she is paying her own way through school, and not waisting taxpayer money worrying about some lice infected bat.

[tdog158]

Nuclear energy isn't even bad, as long as the little bit of nuclear waste is disposed of properly it isn't a problem, and with all of the regulations, it makes it hard to be careless.