I'll skip over the 170 human fatalities and mention:
> Environmental damage (including bird deaths)
> 203 cases of environmental damage have been reported – the majority since 2007. This is perhaps
due to a change in legislation or new reporting requirement. All involved damage to the site itself, or
reported damage to or death of wildlife. 66 instances reported here include confirmed deaths of
protected species of bird. Deaths, however, are known to be far higher. At the Altamont Pass
windfarm alone, 2400 protected golden eagles have been killed in 20 years, and about 10,000
protected raptors (Dr Smallwood, 2004). In Germany, 32 protected white tailed eagles were found
dead, killed by wind turbines (Brandenburg State records). In Australia, 22 critically endangered
Tasmanian eagles were killed by a single windfarm (Woolnorth). Further detailed information can be
found at: www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=3071 and
at: www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=1875
> 600,000 bats were estimated to be killed by US wind turbines in 2012 alone. 1.4 million bird fatalities per annum are estimated if the US reaches it’s 20% target for wind generation.
> Unfortunately, though, anything that happens to wander too close to a boiling tower is very rapidly cooked by the focused sunlight. Workers at the Ivanpah solar power plant call these birds “streamers,” as they ignite in midair and plummet to the ground trailing smoke. Federal wildlife investigators said there was, on average, one streamer every two minutes — or hundreds of thousands of incinerated birds per year. Another expert estimated that the number is nearer 28,000 per year. BrightSource’s own estimate is around 1,000 roasted birds per year. BrightSource is reportedly looking to build an even-larger power plant, which wildlife officials say could be “four times as dangerous” to birds. BrightSource has offered $1.8 million in compensation for the expected bird deaths.
That's 170 human fatalities, ever (or since recording began in the 70s), including ancillary transport fatalities:
"69
were public fatalities, including workers not directly dependent on the wind industry (e.g.
transport workers).
17 bus passengers were killed in one single incident in Brazil in March
2012
; 4 members of the public were killed in an aircraft crash in May
2014
and a further three
members of the public killed in a transport accident in September 2014
."
That is, if people were workers travelling to a wind farm in the course of their employement, their RTA counts as a "wind farm accident".
(170 people is almost the exact number of fatalities caused by the Piper Alpha oil rig disaster, for scale)
even if you took away wind i still win the argument. concentration farms are a footnote, they are going to be phased out. it has nothing to do with panels. panels have no such drawbacks and will form the backbone of domestic energy production all over the world very soon.
I'll skip over the 170 human fatalities and mention:
> Environmental damage (including bird deaths)
> 203 cases of environmental damage have been reported – the majority since 2007. This is perhaps due to a change in legislation or new reporting requirement. All involved damage to the site itself, or reported damage to or death of wildlife. 66 instances reported here include confirmed deaths of protected species of bird. Deaths, however, are known to be far higher. At the Altamont Pass windfarm alone, 2400 protected golden eagles have been killed in 20 years, and about 10,000 protected raptors (Dr Smallwood, 2004). In Germany, 32 protected white tailed eagles were found dead, killed by wind turbines (Brandenburg State records). In Australia, 22 critically endangered Tasmanian eagles were killed by a single windfarm (Woolnorth). Further detailed information can be found at: www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=3071 and at: www.iberica2000.org/Es/Articulo.asp?Id=1875
> 600,000 bats were estimated to be killed by US wind turbines in 2012 alone. 1.4 million bird fatalities per annum are estimated if the US reaches it’s 20% target for wind generation.
Solar farms are known to cause similar damage to wildlife. For example: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/12918/20150223/solar...
> Unfortunately, though, anything that happens to wander too close to a boiling tower is very rapidly cooked by the focused sunlight. Workers at the Ivanpah solar power plant call these birds “streamers,” as they ignite in midair and plummet to the ground trailing smoke. Federal wildlife investigators said there was, on average, one streamer every two minutes — or hundreds of thousands of incinerated birds per year. Another expert estimated that the number is nearer 28,000 per year. BrightSource’s own estimate is around 1,000 roasted birds per year. BrightSource is reportedly looking to build an even-larger power plant, which wildlife officials say could be “four times as dangerous” to birds. BrightSource has offered $1.8 million in compensation for the expected bird deaths.
https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188328-californias-new-s...