Nt1310 Unit 5 Research Paper

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1: For a typical 1 MW (megawatt) or bigger wind turbine in a wind farm, about how many times on average do the blades rotate each minute? How high are the blades above the ground? What is their width and height?

2: How many birds die each year from flying into buildings?
According to Dr. Daniel Klem, Paul Kerlinger and Dick Curry, between 100 and 900 million birds every year are killed by glass windows on buildings. (Kerlinger and Curry, 2016). However, according to _____, ____ birds are killed from flying into windows.

3: How many birds die each year after being hit by a car? According to the same study, between 50 and 100 million birds are killed every year as a result of colliding with an automobile. (Kerlinger and Curry, 2016) The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) states that automobiles kill “80 million birds annually.” (____,____) These statistics mean it is reasonable to assume that around 80 million birds are killed every
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This would be a great restriction on the lives of those who travel to work or school, or for leisure. People would be forced to ride bicycles or find other modes of transport for long distances, and not everyone that can drive is physically capable of cycling 20km morning and afternoon. For example, would a 78-year-old be able to cycle to the supermarket, hang the six bags of groceries on the back of a bike and ride about twenty kilometers home? Of course not – they would simply have to get somebody else to do the groceries. But with that, comes the struggle of getting the massive amounts of supplies to the stores. If a milk truck, for example, is unable to supply kilolitres of milk to the supermarket, then the only possible solution would be to walk the cows into the supermarket and have a self-serve system. This inability to supply transport goods would spell the death of many industries, as well as the public transport