Do offshore wind farms harm whales? Experts weigh in as Trump labels them 'dangerous'

[Jim__]

It turns out, Trump may be wrong.

From phys.org

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According to several experts who spoke with McClatchy News, Trump's comments are broadly inaccurate.

"There is no evidence linking whale deaths to offshore wind farms or 'windmills,'" said Lindy Weilgart, an ocean noise expert and policy consultant at OceanCare, a nonprofit dedicated to marine conservation. "Europe has way more offshore wind farms and has encountered nothing of the sort."

In fact, as of August 2023, the U.S. only had two operational offshore wind farms—located off Rhode Island and Virginia, according to the Department of Energy. By contrast, the U.K. alone, as of 2022, had 44 offshore farms.

"This is a complex issue, but in my opinion the answer is a hard no. There is no evidence linking whale deaths to wind turbine activity," said Sean Todd, the director of Allied Whale, a marine mammals research program at College of the Atlantic.

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[CentralMass]

1. If the Orange pantload believes it. You know it has to be wrong or a lie.

[Think. Again.]

2. We need to stop being so considerate and just call his B.S. what it is...

Bullshit.

[MiHale]

3. But, but, think of the penguins flying into them ...

Killing ’em by the millions.

[appalachiablue]

4. Hooey! Thanks for posting.

[thucythucy]

5. If whale deaths are increasing

it's probably because of all the crap being poured into the oceans by corporations that overwhelmingly favor Trump and the GOP.

Besides, more dead whales just means more raw meat for his bestie RFK Jr. Why would Trump be opposed to that?

[hunter]

6. Mostly they serve as greenwashing machines for the natural gas industry.

While we carry on about nuclear power, solar power, wind power, and batteries the greatest threat to the earth's environment as we know it is the natural gas industry. That will be our ruin.

Burning gas for energy certainly isn't clean and it certainly isn't natural. Compared to coal or oil, which are obviously not clean, many people turn a blind eye to natural gas.

I am of course a hypocrite, as many of us are, sitting here in my warm house heated with natural gas.

My electricity is mostly, if not all, solar as I write this but that will change as the sun goes down.