Wind turbines make bat lungs explode

Read more: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/dn14593

Researchers at the University of Calgary have found out why bats have been dying near wind turbines.

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[SpazzyMcGee1337]

43 people don't realize wind farms protect them from vampires.

[CWS1971]

Easily fixed.

Put up a sign that reads: No Bats Allowed.

[thra5herxb12s]

This is absolute horseshit. There is NO evidence that wind turbines kill anything. I have walked around loads of sites like this and never found anything dead,birds or bats. I also have a turbine on my roof and the birds sit on it when its spinning,they dont give a shit..

[20ZZ20]

gets me h

[danphobic]

Obviously people will use this as a political tool to bash renewables but what this research shows is that we need to work on protecting the bats and making sure they are not flying anywhere near the turbines. This number of bat deaths most likely pales into insignificance when compared to the loss of bats through pollution and habitat destruction. We know how bats communicate and locate their prey. It could be as simple as mounting ultrasound emitters to turbines? To scare them away. Research!

[956crazyman19]

@mugaliens how is it a strange phenomenon lol if its by humans its not natural

[mugaliens]

@mugaliens Sadly, the grubbermint will probably throw billions of the taxpayer's money at a fix which doesn't work. Either that, or when the pressure-resistant bats will grow in numbers about the time the grubbermint's 20-year program reaches a crescendo and the grubbermint will lay false claim to the success.

[mugaliens]

Give evolution a chance. Those with stronger lungs will survive to reproduce offspring resistant to this phenomenon.