Trump saying another stupid thing? Who is surprised?
Trump bashed renewable energy sources Monday night, saying solar power doesn’t work well and wind turbines kill birds.
The GOP presidential nominee has stated his preference for fossil fuels like coal and natural gas, and has previously said that solar power is unreliable and wind turbines are harmful to wildlife and unsightly.
turning to wind power. “The wind kills all your birds. All your birds, killed. You know, the environmentalists never talk about that.”
According to this estimate.
Between 140,000 and 328,000 birds are killed annually at monopole turbines.
It does suck that many birds die from wind farms, and we are trying to seek ways to prevent it.
However, environmentalists are scary because they don’t care about bird deaths? What kind of logic is that?
How many birds die from running into building windows?
Between 365 and 988 million birds die from crashing into windows in the United States each year, according to a new report. That may be as much as 10 percent of the estimated total bird population of the country.
Guess Trump should start calling for bans on windows and tall buildings as well.
What about cats?
America’s cats, including housecats that adventure outdoors and feral cats, kill between 1.3 billion and 4.0 billion birds in a year, says Peter Marra of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.
But wind power is the real danger. Sure. I doubt Trump actually gives a shit about wildlife. Gotta have a stupid excuse to oppose wind power.
On coal:
At the Pennsylvania rally Monday, Trump also promised to reduce the frequency of coal mine inspections.
“I have friends that own the mines. I mean, they can’t live,” he said.
We don’t need those pesky regulations. We like our pollution!