OnlyMatters t1_ix8mpef wrote
My 6yo was transfixed last night watching the Nature episode. One thing we were wondering was why are wind farms so bad for ocelots in particular, and what would it take for windmills to be more nature friendly? (For example painting one arm black to help bird strikes)
benmasters88 t1_ix9c96g wrote
It's not so much the windfarm as it is the habitat loss. It's no differnet than a parking lot or an ag field. Anytime you transition wild habitat into a human dominated area you lose the wildlife. For ocelots in S. Texas, a lot of their former habitat has been plowed under and is now dominated by ag and wind farms, which is totally unsuitable for the species. Alternative energy is necessary, but it definitely comes at a high price and we should be careful where we put it. In Texas, there's little to no zoning for wind energy and there's turbines in some really stupid places that are extremely importnat migratory corridors. It's maddening because the effort to do alternative energy is noble and necessary, but done poortly can really set back some areas or species
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