IFLA Windmills

Windmills. Trump has always had some weird shit views on windmills. Really crazy.

So here is that guy from Australia with his pointed comments on the trump regime and windmills. 

"Alright, here we go, because this “windmills are ugly and they kill birds and they scare whales” routine is the laziest, most dishonest little fossil-fuel comfort blanket on the internet.

Yes, turbines can kill birds. That’s real. It’s also why sane people do boring adult things like proper siting, monitoring, and mitigation, including trials like painting a blade to reduce collisions. You know, problem-solving, not pearl-clutching.

But here’s the part the anti-wind crowd always “forgets”, like they’ve got a memory leak in their skull: if you actually compare impacts per unit of electricity, fossil fuels are worse for birds than wind. Not “a bit worse”, orders of magnitude worse. One commonly cited analysis has wind at about 0.269 birds per GWh, fossil fuels at about 5.18 birds per GWh, because fossil fuels don’t just whack a bird with a spinning blade, they poison ecosystems and turbocharge climate change.

So when some bloke says, “I care about birds, therefore coal”, what he’s really saying is, “I care about birds the same way I care about the gym”, which is to say, it’s something I mention right before doing the exact opposite.

Now let’s talk about whales, because the hypocrisy here is absolutely cooked.
The same people who cry, “Wind farms disturb whales”, will defend offshore oil and gas like it’s holy water. Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry has been blasting the ocean with seismic survey airguns for decades, and we have peer-reviewed research showing behavioural disruption in whales. Humpback whale singing can drop as seismic pulse levels increase, and blue whales change their calling behaviour in response to seismic survey sounds. But sure, mate, tell me again how your real concern is “the vibes of the ocean”.

And while we’re on whales, you want to talk about “things in the ocean that hit whales”? How about ships. Vessel strikes are a recognised, serious conservation problem. The International Whaling Commission literally warns that for some populations, ship strikes can be the difference between survival and extinction. But yeah, the real menace is a turbine sitting there minding its own business, not the global armada of steel apartment blocks flying through migration routes.

Now take a big breath, because here comes the part everyone pretends they don’t know: the fossil fuel supply chain is a travelling environmental crime scene.
Oil spills don’t just make the water look yucky for a weekend. They kill wildlife in huge numbers and can cause long-term ecological damage. Ten years after Deepwater Horizon, NOAA documents large estimated losses in sea turtles, plus ongoing impacts studied across species and ecosystems. There are scientific reviews that tally catastrophic wildlife mortality from major spills, including massive seabird deaths. But yes, please, keep screaming about a bird near a turbine while you defend the industry that can turn an entire coastline into a toxic soup.

And then there’s shipping pollution, because the “leave whales alone” crowd somehow has zero issues with bunker fuel exhaust. The International Maritime Organization spells out that sulphur oxides from ships harm human health, causing respiratory and cardiovascular disease, and contribute to acid rain and ocean impacts. There are also peer-reviewed health impact studies estimating serious health burdens from shipping emissions in coastal areas. That’s people breathing this shit, not just fish having a bad day.

Now let’s drag mining into the sunlight, because the anti-wind crowd loves to act like fossil fuels come from a magical underground lolly jar and not from bulldozing, blasting, draining, and scarring land for generations.

Open-cut mining creates massive land disturbance, stability risks, and long-term rehabilitation liabilities. Regulators try to manage this with bonds and obligations, but official audits have warned that if operators default, the public can be left holding the bill. That’s you. That’s taxpayers. That’s communities living next to a giant hole in the ground while the company’s executives have already faked a smile on LinkedIn and moved on.
So when someone says, “Wind turbines ruin the view”, I want to shake them and go: mate, have you seen a coal mine? Have you seen tailings, dust, groundwater impacts, cleared habitat, and a landscape that looks like the surface of the moon? But no, a white tower on a ridge is the real tragedy. Get absolutely fucked.

Here’s the truth in plain English:
If you genuinely care about birds and whales, you don’t pick the energy source that:

• kills more birds per unit of energy, and worsens the climate pressures threatening bird species
• disrupts whales with seismic blasting, and increases lethal ship traffic risks
• has a track record of catastrophic spills with long-term ecological harm
• pumps toxic exhaust into coastal air, affecting human health
• leaves massive rehabilitation liabilities that can land on the public when companies fail

You pick the option that can be improved with better siting and smarter mitigation, and you keep tightening the screws on best practice.

So yeah, let’s be honest about turbine impacts, and then let’s be equally honest about the fossil fuel industry’s body count, on land, in the sea, and in people’s lungs.

Because this “I hate windmills because I love nature” act is, nine times out of ten, just a political costume party for people who want to keep burning the same old shit and never have to think about it again.