Number of birds killed by the BP oil spill: at least 2,188 and counting.
Number of birds killed by wind farms: 10,000-40,000 annually.
Number of birds killed by cars: 80 million annually.
Number of birds killed by cats: Hundreds of millions to 1 billion annually.
Don't worry there is some good news.
Number of birds killed by fisheries: tens to hundreds of thousands annually (fortunately for the birds, some of these fisheries are now shut down).
A couple of the comments:
Justin: I think this post really does a lot to help explain why some people hate economists.
Luis Enrique: ... It's possible Alex does mean "... and so the BP spill is no big deal!", in which case fire away... Alex can you confirm: are you the idiot the above commentators take you to be?
