Environmentalists have continually argued for the use of alternatives to fossil fuels to generate energy. Harnessing wind power by setting up wind farms had been one alternative proposed and implemented. As it is now known that these wind farms lead to the slicing and dicing of migratory birds and the decimation of the local bat population, we could say that environmentalists have committed the:

a$.$ mistake of ignoring secondary effects.

b$.$ fallacy of composition.

c$.$ fallacy that association is causation.

d$.$ mistake of ignoring the obvious.

e$.$ fallacy of segmentation.