Does Offshore Wind Development Threaten Whales?

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  1. Melb_muser

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    Now you're just trolling.

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    Universities and government agencies are captured by the global warming alarmists in government. Eisenhower warned about the possibility of government take over of science. He was right.
     
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    How many offshore wind turbines are equivalent to this oil platform?
     
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    Trolling how?
     
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    So, in the name of scientific research I did a little bit of further reading and did you know that seismic airgun blasts during offshore oil exploration (site surveys) can be 100 to 10,000 times more intense than the noise generated during offshore wind site surveys*.

    They are typically at a lower frequency, so they travel much farther underwater and can be detected hundreds or even thousands of kilometers from the source.

    These are some of the loudest man-made underwater sounds.

    So if it does turn out to be true offshore wind turbine surveys are killing whales hand over fist imagine the effect of oil exploration that the US government is going to open up imminently (according to Trump) with surveys that typically last days and weeks.

    I am sure that Apostolos Gerasoulis, a Rutgers professor emeritus of computer science (strangely concerned about whale health lately) is onto this as we speak. And I'm sure Heartland institute will put this on their site as well. I mean they care about whales now...very ecologically concerned.

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    *Source level: 180–210 dB (re 1 µPa @ 1m) vs Source level: 200–250 dB (re 1 µPa @ 1m).
     
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    Debasement of science, ignoring all her posts then rinse and repeat. Your usual tactics.
     
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    Sorry, but I’m not the one dismissing the topic by insulting those bringing evidence to the discussion. And I’m not the one dodging the topic.
     
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    Not evidence.

    I'm sorry that you find pointing out your behaviour to be insulting. It is exactly what you do. I simply described it.
     
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    But if it turns out that seismic explorations for offshore wind turbines are killing whales hand over fist then I wonder what the effect of seismic exploration for offshore oil that are 100 to 10,000 times louder and propagating much further will be?

    I'm sure the good professor Gerasoulis is onto this as we speak with his proprietary analysis.
     
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    I am trying to TEACH you a very very very valuable life lesson
     
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    I present what I believe to be evidence. I insult no one.
     
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    Your arrogance is breathtaking.
     
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    That too would be of interest. In this case the correlation is not only to location but to the time of the wind farm project.
     
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    So what?
     
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    Your time would be better spent learning the meaning of the scientific method.
     
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    If you believe this to be the case then provide some evidence as the Rutgers professor has done by stating a hypothesis and supplying evidence. If you have evidence let’s see it.
     
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    The “Rutgers professor” has yet to “supply evidence”
     
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    Post #008.
     
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    Oh! You mean the “news” article from a questionable source?
    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/just-the-news/

    This “professor” is hardly an expert in whale deaths

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolos_Gerasoulis

    Has he studies marine biology? Does he know what OTHER things might cause whale deaths? Why has he not published his findings?
     
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    Link to the “Rutgers professor’s hypothesis”

    Lols! Bet you can’t!
     
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    Another falsehood.
     
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    Already done.
     
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