Talk:Wind turbine

What evidence is there of birds having been killed? Birds should be more mobile than rotor blades. How many birds have been killed by power stations burning coal or oil? How many birds are being killed every day by cars? Isn't the bird-killing argument just one way of opposing wind power just to secure the gain of the electrical power companies, the oil magnates and such like?

Herwig Wulf, Kirchzarten, Germany

• Birds do get killed in wind turbines. They also get killed by autos, airplanes and even from flying into windows. I was in a plant in Seckach, Germany some years ago; the glass windows at the top of the shop area had birds painted on them. I asked a local person why. They said it was to keep the birds from flying into the glass. As far as I can tell, the people who complain about birds being killed by windmills are also people who complain about pollution. They can't have it both ways. -User:RatOmeter