The same can be said of the over 200 off shore oil rigs, 100s of tankers (VALDEZ) and numerous pipelines, refineries etc. that have done, and continue to do, severe negative impact on the environment. How many up and running offshore windmills do we have?
75% of the planet is water...a couple of windmills are a problem? maybe
20,000 birds per year killed by planes annually in the USA alone
Thousands of marine Mammals killed annually by nets, ships, pollution (plastics!!)
YES...We are and have been for a long long time on a crash course with environmental disaster...it's what MAN does!!
English fishermen who sailed to Newfoundland in the 1600s described the shoals of Grand Banks cod as being “so thick by the shore that we hardly have been able to row a boat through them (2).”
With nothing more than drop lines (no fluorocarbon
) and sail power the destruction began
the concern about environmental impact is shared, but the subject "chosen" and the leanings of the supporters here on NYA who give you all those thumbs up leads me to seriously doubt their(not yours) real motive is concern for the environment.
Everything is related to wealth....if we can make money off it...consequences be damned, not only environmental consequences but even severe negative consequences to our own being (never mind fish). Otherwise why do we sell alcohol, tobacco, drugs, plastics, and maybe even vaccines to throw a BONE to the RW crowd. Man has little self control in general, they poison themselves and the environment. We have drinking and smoking threads on NYA. NP better them than me. If we can't control our own domain, surely the environment is out of reach. Not to discouraging trying...hopefully we can change.