→Cost breakdown: Estimates place the number of birds killed by wind turbines at 30 million per year.
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{{cquote| A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of coking coal and 300 tonnes of iron ore, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons.}}
{{cquote| A two-megawatt windmill contains 260 tonnes of steel requiring 170 tonnes of coking coal and 300 tonnes of iron ore, all mined, transported and produced by hydrocarbons.}}
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Landscape, seascape wildlife costs are a major downside to power from wind. Eagles, bats, birds of all kinds are killed in the thousands by wind blades. Their rotting carcasses litter the ground below. In Ontario [[Canada]], every turbine destroys 3 acres of land, roughly 21,000 acres of farmland. <ref>[http://www.windontario.ca/, Wind Ontario]</ref>
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Landscape, seascape wildlife costs are a major downside to power from wind. Eagles, bats, birds of all kinds are killed in the thousands by wind blades. Their rotting carcasses litter the ground below. Estimates place the number of birds killed by wind turbines at 30 million per year. <ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/17/why-stefan-the-stork-died-in-vain-wind-turbines/ RIP STEFAN THE STORK – ONE OF 30 MILLION BIRDS KILLED BY WIND FARMS EVERY YEAR, Breitbart, August 17, 2015]</ref>
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In Ontario [[Canada]], every turbine destroys 3 acres of land, roughly 21,000 acres of farmland. <ref>[http://www.windontario.ca/, Wind Ontario]</ref>