Russia's Putin says wind power harmful to birds and worms

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS JULY 9, 2019 / 12:54 PM / UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO

Russia's Putin says wind power harmful to birds and worms

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned on Tuesday the use of wind power, saying wind turbines were harmful to birds and worms.

Russia, a world-leading producer of fossil fuel, is lagging other countries in its development of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind-powered energy.

Wind power is rarely used in the country to generate electricity. Enel Russia (ENRU.MM) pledged 90 million euros to build a power generation facility by 2024 with a capacity of 71 megawatts.

“Wind-powered generation is good, but are birds being taken into account in this case? How many birds are dying?” Putin said at a televised conference on industry in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-putin-renewables/russias-putin-says-wind-power-harmful-to-birds-and-worms-idUSKCN1U422X

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How long until the Donald J. Deplorable adopts this talking point?

[Thomas Hurt]

1. So did Dear Leader Trump pick up this bee ess from Putin or vice versa, lol.

cuz Donnie already made his comments about how wind was killing all the eagles or something of the like.

Right up there with raking the forest.

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. Well, Putin is a worm. Maybe we need to take his word on this.

[SHRED]

3. Fine

Rooftop solar then.

Greener and decentralizes energy production away from the damn capitalists who keep raising our rates.

[Eugene]

7. He denounces solar panels too. (Paragraph 6 snipped due to copyright limits.)

[global1]

4. Oh Come On Now - Putin Is Worried About Worms And Birds.....

Putin has no regard for human life. How many people has he had killed?

So I'm to believe that Putin cares about worms and birds? Yeah!!! Right!!!

[magicarpet]

5. From the Petrol Dictator of the world,... Putin gets massive kickbacks from Russian....

Gas and oil industry. Of course he hates competing resources that provide power or energy.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. So are coal mines.

[Princetonian]

8. Putin is correct on this. He has done much to support endangered species within Russia's borders.

Credit where credit is due.