Friday 23 July 2010

How To Enrage The Enviros

Set the bait ...

Number of birds killed by the BP oil spill: at least 2,188 and counting.

Number of birds killed by wind farms: 10,000-40,000 annually.

Number of birds killed by cars: 80 million annually.

Number of birds killed by cats: Hundreds of millions to 1 billion annually.

Don't worry there is some good news.

Number of birds killed by fisheries: tens to hundreds of thousands annually (fortunately for the birds, some of these fisheries are now shut down).
... and watch them bite.


7 comments:

Bucko said...

Somebody, I can'y remember who, said that the BP oil spill is the equivilant of pouring one litre of engine oil into the Thames. It was backed up with figures etc.

Now I wish I knew where I got that from. It was one of the bloggers....

Carl Minns said...

Number of birds killed by wind farms: 10,000-40,000 annually.

Not doubting you but would love to know the source DP

Anonymous said...

Bucko it was Raedwald http://raedwald.blogspot.com/2010/06/that-little-oil-spill-in-context.html

Dick Puddlecote said...

The source is in the link, Carl. The figure is from the American Bird Society

Carl Minns said...

Really shouldn't comment after a night out. Thanks (embarrassed smile)

SadButMadLad said...

You could compare the oil spil in the Gulf to be the same as pour a bottle of oil into the Thames - if you did it by volume. But oil floats on top of water.

A better comparison would be by surface area. Though not as insignficant it will still be a tiny tiny bit of oil compared to the whole Gulf. And it'll have disappeared after a year, especially with the hurricanes that they have.

Anonymous said...

Think what it would be like if all those birds were not killed. you wouldn't be able to move for bird shit.