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> hydroelectric, so already green

Not so fast. Zero emissions, yeah. But they have damaged the habitat for some bird species.



Would love to see your analysis of Thanksgiving


A colossal positive impact, with the population of the turkeys skyrocketing.


You mean the turkey voluntary extinction movement?


Doesn't affect their habitat at all.


Feral cats kill 2 billion birds a year, FYI the green energy kills birds thing is a right wing talking point designed to distract and delay. All human activity kills some nominal number of birds


Indeed. They care about the environment when pretending to do so lets them fight against things which are actually good for the environment and bad for the fossil fuel industry.


Whataboutism arguments kill 2 million discussions per year by avoiding refutation of the central point.




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