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A ranking of how much power we get per bird killed by wind turbines of various configurations. Use this metric to maybe help create less bird grindy designs. Here's the current numbers:
Roughly 270,000 to 540,000 kWh (270–540 MWh) of electricity per bird killed worldwide by wind turbines.
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Calculation (Latest Available Data)Global wind generation: ~2,715 TWh in 2025 (some estimates near 3,000 TWh).
Estimated annual bird deaths: No precise global consensus exists, but reasonable extrapolations from U.S. studies (where most detailed monitoring occurs) put it in the 5–10 million range worldwide. U.S. alone is commonly estimated at 0.5–1.2 million birds/year with current capacity.
Dividing total generation by deaths gives the energy "output" per bird fatality. Using 2,715 TWh:At ~5 million birds: ~543,000 kWh (543 MWh) per bird.
At ~10 million birds: ~271,500 kWh (271.5 MWh) per bird.
So for the current design, the PPBK rating is about 270 MWh.
Take Max's idea and apply it to data centers.
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[doctorremulac3, May 08 2026]
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Yes to anything that protects birds (and all animals) but wind farms are not even a drop in the ocean compared to what the really destructors are. Man made global warming generated by way of the greedy burning of fossil fuels, especially coal (the dirtiest of them all) is responsible for the mass extinction of birds and many other species. Compounding it is the mass extinction of their vital food in the form of insect life, and industrial farming using toxic agri chemicals is the main culprit here. |
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Agreed. 4th generation nuclear power, especially when it comes to powering the data centers that use as much power as a small city. |
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And expand on the most proven power source of all, solar by way of hydro power. Any impact to fish on those waterways must be mitigated by creating habitats adjacent to those hydroelectric projects that must increase the fish populations at least 3 fold. |
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If they say that's too much work say ok, no soup for you. |
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Which is the stupidest comedy bit in history but it's a good term. |
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And yes, stop killing all the insects, figure it out. I used to drive to LA and the windshield was white with splattered bugs. Now there's maybe 3 or 4. Scary stuff. |
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We need to stop agreeing on things x, we're both gonna get whacked. They want us in a state of perpetual conflict while they continue to poison and enslave us. |
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Uhh.. is what a tinfoil hat wearing crazy person would say. Not me. I love our globalist leaders and agree with everything they do. |
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Hmm, thought this was a good one. Changed the name to clarify it, maybe that's the problem. |
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Round our way there is a strong suspicion that farmers are illegally killing birds of prey then dumping them under wind turbines. So we may also need PPBKCF (PPBK corrected for farmers) |
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I'm not an ornithological coroner, but pretty sure I could check a dead bird and determine if it got hit with a bullet or a windmill. |
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Seems like they'd be better off just burying them or whatever, gotta assume cameras are everywhere these days and dumping a dead eagle by a winmill is a pretty strong indication you probaby killed it yourself. |
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Poison not bullets, [doc] |
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The future is clearly astrophage-driven. |
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Seriously though the other trick becomes how to handle cooling the devices that consume those terawatts of power. Unless it's raising some potential energy somewhere, every last joule ultimately goes to heating up things. |
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They're poisoning eagles?!?! Don't know why I didn't even think of that, too evil to imagine! |
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Still, toss it under an x-ray machine, if no bones are broken take a blood test. I'm guessing that poisoning wildlife is a more serious crime that shooting it. Not sure why, but seems like it should be. Somebody's cat gets that poisoned rat or whatever, Cuddles is following that laser dot to cat heaven. |
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//how to handle cooling the devices that consume those terawatts of power.// |
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Max had the great idea to put nuclear reactors on abandoned lighthouses. Made me think we should take that idea and apply it to data centers. Just use the ocean to cool them off. Running fiber bundles under the ocean has been a thing since the dawn of the internet the funny cat video. |
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Putting a whole data center underwater sounds exciting, but still doesn't solve the heat problem ultimately. Earth needs a heatsink. |
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