"Non-polluting" hydroelectric dams have displaced and killed millions of fish, either by altering the clarity, oxygenation and temperature of the water (fish only survive in a narrow range), or, in the case of salmon, by interrupting their path back to their spawning grounds. I have personally seen (from afar, but there was a quite obvious plume of smoke and flame rising into the air) a solar energy plant catch on fire.
Remember this one from a month or so ago - fire was actually caused by the batteries.
Also, Chevy had to recall a bunch of Volts because of the spontaneous combustion issues that they had. What's the carbon footprint of a car going up in flame or even a whole shipload?
Possession of one eagle feather is punishable by a $100,000 fine and one year in jail. But killing 150 is no big deal? The compassion and hypocrisy of the Left.
If you get behind the wheel with a BAC of .2 and run into a bus loaded with nuns & orphans you can argue all day long that you didn't INTEND to do it but at the end of the day you still did it.
No, back to your argument, like the windmill operators that didn't INTEND to kill birds, you also did not INTEND to kill anyone when you got behind the wheel.
In both cases intent is immaterial. A reasonable person knows that something bad will happen if they continue the path that they're on and should take measures to prevent harm from happening.
What about the "direct action" on the part of the bird who's been doing what they've been doing for over 150 million years? Are they supposed to stop flying in chunks of fast spinning blades in the sky because the aspect of growing mango trees in my backyard is truly that horrifying and ploar bears are cute and fuzzy wuzzy and Al Gore says they won't have summer ice to eat baby seals on by 2014?
You're absolutely right. If we all believe in Darwinism, the theory or evolution, and survival of the fittest* then soon (a couple 100 thousand years or so) we'll have birds that are conditioned and smart enough NOT to fly into the blades of windmills.
*Yes, I as a knuckle-dragging unenlightened unwoke redneck conservative DO believe in Darwinism, the theory or evolution, and survival of the fittest.
You're right. There's at least a chance that the drunk driver will get home without harming anyone. Windmills are guaranteed to kill birds if they are operated.
Either way, actions have consequences.
Paint red stripes on them and add blinking red lights for night will significantly decrease it, but then they won't look as pretty to us and postcard pics matter more. Plus there's bats and insects getting killed as well.
Does that theory from that racist bastard who stole the theory of evolution apply to the rest of the world we're paving over for short term gain (and waste), people included?
Oh, not sure about what to do about bats, perhaps sound within their hearing range to steer them clear? And insects, well, no one cares about them except for honey bees because we're about to starve and they're kinda cute n fuzzy for bugs.
I first saw them round a big trellis thingy at the temporary Shop in the Garden in the Bx NY Botanical Gardens, then saw them at the folk's house busy at the roof of the porch. But then no more, so I suspect my folks got someone to get rid of them. Now that I'm here, I keep hoping, but to no avail. Like ultra big bumblebees.
I got stung by 3 or 4 last year and also the year before while gardening in the park. Also in 2015. And another one somewhere between.
I feel bad because they then die.
PRO TIP: Digging in new ground at dusk is not always the best idea.
Twice that that happened as the sun was growing dim, I was like, dang, that is one hard chomping mosquito, but as the feeling grew, I looked at it and thought it was a beetle or something, then realized, then ran,,,
Cool! Carpenter?
I love them. Bees, that is. All of them. Usually.
Hey, after filling up on the nectar they get 'drunk" (or is it just full full, like we do on Thanksgiving, I wonder) and can be touched.
I've pet a few bumblebees over the years, but I don't ovedo it as I suspect they might not like it (they move a leg in my direction as if to deflect me)
