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whats going on with eagles?Are Whales Being Threatened by a Biden Energy Project?
There is concern that surveying for the construction of offshore wind farms may be the reason dead whales are washing up along the shores of New York and New Jersey.
Imagine we’ll ignore this as we do the dead eagles, and massive mining pollution and lack of disposal plans for the old blades.
NG electricity is much more environmentally friendly.
well technically that's not solar that's a battery. Solar is not working at that time, the battery is. Any energy source can charge and discharge a battery.
Are Whales Being Threatened by a Biden Energy Project?
There is concern that surveying for the construction of offshore wind farms may be the reason dead whales are washing up along the shores of New York and New Jersey.
Imagine we’ll ignore this as we do the dead eagles, and massive mining pollution and lack of disposal plans for the old blades.
NG electricity is much more environmentally friendly.
There is no free lunch. We need to be mindful of how we use the planet's resources and the impacts of our activities.
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Well, it's not something the constituents who voted the politicians want so...yea, we will talk about it and figure out a new way to profit from it vs actually thinking about it logically without $ in mind.There is no free lunch. We need to be mindful of how we use the planet's resources and the impacts of our activities.
Hydro is a good renewable, but not without cost. Massive habitat destruction can also occur when large dams are put in. Damming large rivers like the Columbia, turned it into a series of warm lakes in which many fish, including salmon, can no longer survive. This is what a wilderness habitat looks like before it is dammed.
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Geothermal and nuclear will be needed to provide baseload power until we get fusion harnesses. In the meantime, the idea of perpetually increasing growth and consumption is a flawed model to build the future on.
As for the whales, where is the cry from the masses against the testing of high-powered sonar that the Navy keeps testing and the seismic testing for offshore oil, in spite of knowing it deafens whales? Where is the mass reduction of plastics going into the oceans that these filter feeders suck into their guts? Where is the concern about ocean acidification due to the massive output of industry into the air and seas?
Ocean acidification
In the 200-plus years since the industrial revolution began, the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased due to human actions. During this time, the pH of surface ocean waters has fallen by 0.1 pH units. This might not sound like much, but the pH scale is...www.noaa.gov
A Guide to Plastic in the Ocean
Plastic is everywhere: In your home, your office, your school — and your ocean. Among the top 10 kinds of trash picked up during the 2017 International Coastal Cleanup were food wrappers, beverage bottles, grocery bags, straws, and take out containers, all made of plastic.oceanservice.noaa.govSeismic & Sonar Testing
While whales and other marine life are threatened by international whaling and habitat loss, they also face a domestic threat. Navy sonar testing and seismic testing from the oil and gas industry regularly take place in areas where marine species thrive. Find out more about the impacts and what...
The correlation is speculative, but if the wind companies are doing seismic soundings then they could be damaging the whales' hearing. This testing also can kill all the zooplankton that these mammals feed on for up to a mile, per test. This is the same problem with research for off-shore oil and gas drilling rigs.
Whales are injured and killed by legal fishing as well. There was recently a big "hubub" about it over the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery.
Yup and it’s 100% accurate. The lobster fishery is huge to ME and I understand that however their claims that the traps line are not killing the Right whale in particular is BS. There has been repeated examples of both Right and Humpback being entangled especially in their mouths preventing feeding. The state gov of course is behind the lobster fishery all the way but here is the thing, there are traps used today elsewhere that would eliminate the ropes that go from the surface all the way to the ocean bottom. Sure it’s costs some money but like many industries these days, evolve or die that is the choice.
Funny you bring this up, I was just talking to Dr. Beal today! If you ask anyone in the lobster industry, magically gear belonging to Maine lobster crews doesn't get entangled with the whales, just Canadian gear... For my college term I'm working on a short film about the clam fishery here in Downeast, but long term I want to make a longer film about the entire shellfish industry, lobster included.
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Yeah the lobster industry in ME has evolved somewhat but the BS they spout about it’s all Canada’s fault is plain wrong. I have dove off a number of locations on the coast and have at times come across lobster lines and it resembles a kelp like forest off Monterey. No wonder the whales get entangled. I know there a few lobster fisherman “experimenting” with the newer style traps that come up off the ocean floor at a press of a button, no hanging ropes. Here is Snowcone, she likely died recently off the GA coast and her offspring likely will die too without a mother.
Nicole is bloody brilliant IMHO. I read about her a while back and she is doing so much good while working with the fishermen. This is the way to go, work together for a better solution than pointing fingers and laying blame.Discarded fishing nets are a huge problem. Finally, a local solution has been developed under the leadership of the amazing Nicole Baker. This has spread to the Alaskan fishing industry and now she is in Florida working to setup fish net and plastics recycling programs there. Her eventual goal is to make this a worldwide recycling program for the fishing industry. To learn more, and maybe donate? go to www.netyourproblem.com.
Meanwhile in Hawaii:
Hawaii whale dies with fishing nets, plastic bags in stomach
HONOLULU (AP) — A whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend likely died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that...
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