Posted on 02/13/2014 1:33:00 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The world’s largest solar plant is officially online in the Mojave desert — and it is causing some dismay.
That’s because the technology the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station uses could be a threat to wildlife — it generates heat so intense there’s growing evidence it is scorching birds, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Just like mercury was horrible until CFLs.
The Stateline I’m referring to, also called Primm, is in Clark County, Nev., about 15 miles from Nipton, Calif.
Found it! Thank you. That area of the country is fascinating. Maybe it’s because I grew up in the Great Lakes area and seldom get to see wide-ranging desolation. I’ve driven to CA and back once; took I-40 there in 1986 and I-80 back in 1987. Have never been down the stretch we are talking about.
The drive along Interstate 15 south of Las Vegas is a fascinating trip through the basin and range country of the Mojave Desert, past ancient lava flows and lakes that dried up millennia ago, such as Ivanpah, where the solar power facility is located, and Soda Lake.
On the other hand, being from California, I find it fascinating to see a Great Lake up close, as I did when I visited Michigan City, Ind., Port Clinton, Ohio, Erie, Pa., and Chicago.
The insides of a nuclear reactor would scorch birds too, but for the fact that they’re surrounded by about six inches of high-strength steel, and that is surrounded by two or three feet of reinforced concrete.
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Well, in Fukushima they’ve avoided that problem by having a few explosions, containment breeches, letting the fuel melt through under the building and enter the ground water, and having the whole slurry washing into the ocean for years and years. Problem solved! /sarc
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