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		clouddrover on April 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Porsche’s e-fuel burns just like the real thing > we only kill birds! Bats too. They don't even need to hit the bats to kill them. The difference in air pressure around the blades is enough to rupture bat lungs: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14593-wind-turbines-m... https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bat-killings-by-w...

8note on April 1, 2023 [–]

Which is interesting, but non-windturbine power is also responsible for mass bat deaths because the heat got too high

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/heat-wave-australia-killed-2300....

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