*** 'Cognitive dissonance' is the mental stress (discomfort) experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values; when performing an action that contradicts existing beliefs, ideas, or values; or when confronted with new information that contradicts existing beliefs, ideas, and values. As a twist on that concept, George Orwell … Continue reading Deep ‘Green’ Hypocrisy: Wind Power Cult Happily Ignores Bird and Bat Blood Bath
Category: Animals
Inconvenient Truth: Wind Turbines are the Largest Cause of Bat Mortality
The rampant slaughter of birds and bats by wind turbines is just another inconvenient truth for the wind cult. In this peer reviewed scientific paper, the scale of the destruction was spelled out loud and clear: wind turbines are now the leading cause of bat mortality. Multiple mortality events in bats: a global review Mammal … Continue reading Inconvenient Truth: Wind Turbines are the Largest Cause of Bat Mortality
Pointless Carnage Mounts: Wind Farms Guilty of Mass British Bat Slaughter
‘Green’ hypocrisy is the new ‘black’. The pointless slaughter of millions of birds and bats by wind turbines, all over the globe is just another ‘inconvenient truth’ for the wind cultist. And when we say 'pointless', we mean utterly pointless: in the absence of massive and endless subsidies the wind industry would disappear in a … Continue reading Pointless Carnage Mounts: Wind Farms Guilty of Mass British Bat Slaughter
US Study Finds Wind Farms Slaughtering Local & Migrating Eagles Alike
*** Wind turbines killing more than just local birds, study finds Purdue University Brian Wallheimer 28 September 2016 EST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Wind turbines are known to kill large birds, such as golden eagles, that live nearby. Now there is evidence that birds from up to hundreds of miles away make up a significant portion … Continue reading US Study Finds Wind Farms Slaughtering Local & Migrating Eagles Alike
Pointless Wind Farm Carnage: British Study Confirms Wholesale Bat Slaughter
Bats matter to our environment as they assist with pollination, pest control and seed dispersion. In the UK it is an offence to deliberately (or recklessly in Scotland) disturb a bat in a way that would (significantly in Scotland) affect its ability to survive, breed or rear young …. or significantly affect the local distribution or abundance of the species. Dead … Continue reading Pointless Wind Farm Carnage: British Study Confirms Wholesale Bat Slaughter
Wind Power Company Sues To Keep Bird Kill Data Under Wraps
In the battle for hearts and minds, the one issue that seems to annoy the wind industry like a burr under a frisky pony's saddle blanket is the wholesale slaughter of millions of birds and bats. It's an inconvenient truth to be sure. But, as with everything that the wind industry does, if you can't … Continue reading Wind Power Company Sues To Keep Bird Kill Data Under Wraps
Wind Power: Slaughters Millions of Birds & Bats – But Offers Nothing in Return
Wind farms fatal to wildlife, inefficient Knoxville News Michael Butler 18 June 2016 Recently, Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander took to the floor of the United States Senate to discuss an important issue: a proposed wind farm that would be located in Cumberland County if approved. He was joined in opposition by U.S. Rep. Diane … Continue reading Wind Power: Slaughters Millions of Birds & Bats – But Offers Nothing in Return
Bats’ Fatal Attraction to Wind Turbines
Bats and onshore wind turbines…a fatal attraction Energy Voice Jeremy Cresswell 5 August 2016 Concern over bats being killed by onshore wind turbines has been growing for several years and that worry has just been further reinforced by research in Germany. Wind turbines attract bats, apparently, or at least one species. They seem to appear particularly appealing … Continue reading Bats’ Fatal Attraction to Wind Turbines
Bat-ageddon: Wind Industry Slaughters Millions of Bats – all to ‘Save’ the Planet
Remember the line about 'wonderful' wind power saving the Planet (from something or other)? No? It's certainly not doing much for millions of air-borne critters that are being belted to Kingdom come. Here's Ken Richard tallying up the carnage. Bat Destruction….Data Show Wind Energy Is Wiping Out Wildlife, And Not Saving It No Ticks Zone … Continue reading Bat-ageddon: Wind Industry Slaughters Millions of Bats – all to ‘Save’ the Planet
Wind Industry’s Bird & Bat Slaughter: Canadians Expose the ‘Unhelpful’ Numbers
The wind industry and its parasites have – from the outset – pitched these things as a “planet saving, clean, green and environmentally friendly technology”; which doesn’t quite gel with the wholesale slaughter of birds and bats. Let’s call it an “inconvenient truth” (see our post here). Were anyone caught shooting eagles or other protected … Continue reading Wind Industry’s Bird & Bat Slaughter: Canadians Expose the ‘Unhelpful’ Numbers