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Solar Panels Lure, Kill Insects
discovery.com ^ | June 7, 2010 | Jessica Marshall

Posted on 06/08/2010 3:34:19 PM PDT by PROCON

Why should we care if a green energy spells doom for certain insects? It matters since the bugs are a key part of an important food chain, say scientists. Solar panels might be a cornerstone of green energy, but new research shows that they may have a dark side: the panels are a mesmerizing, lethal attraction to certain aquatic insects, drawing them to the panels' surface and trapping them there until they die.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.discovery.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: globalwarming
I always laugh when these good intention greenies cause more harm, then good.

Wind power kills birds and bats too.

1 posted on 06/08/2010 3:34:20 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON
but new research shows that they may have a dark side

That's especially true at night.
2 posted on 06/08/2010 3:35:56 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: steelyourfaith; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ping!


3 posted on 06/08/2010 3:37:28 PM PDT by PROCON (Proudly Served U.S. Army 6/69-1/72 & 12/75-1/82)
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To: PROCON

It is official, no matter what humanity does, humanity is bad for the planet. Only organisms that can’t out-compete other organisms should survive.


4 posted on 06/08/2010 3:39:14 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: PROCON; Thunder90; Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; Entrepreneur; Darnright; Nipfan; Defendingliberty; ...
Thanx !

 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

5 posted on 06/08/2010 3:42:27 PM PDT by steelyourfaith (America should take a mulligan on the 2008 presidential election.)
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To: PROCON

Geez, it is always something. I guess we should all just swelter in darkness and filth. Seems to be what they want.


6 posted on 06/08/2010 3:46:06 PM PDT by doodad
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To: PROCON

If they can invent solar cells that also kill mosquitos, they’d have a two-fer in green living. This bug zapper will power your home!


7 posted on 06/08/2010 3:48:43 PM PDT by tbw2 (Freeper sci-fi - "Humanity's Edge" - on amazon.com)
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To: tbw2
This bug zapper will power your home!

Hmmm...I'll work on the patent! :=)

8 posted on 06/08/2010 3:53:56 PM PDT by PROCON (Proudly Served U.S. Army 6/69-1/72 & 12/75-1/82)
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To: PROCON
And hydraulic power effs up salmon spawning runs. Nuke power makes them grow three eyes and teats. These root-eating dirt worshipers are all Planned Parenthood/Hemlock Society closet cases.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

9 posted on 06/08/2010 3:53:59 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: PROCON
So while the caribou love and thrive with the evil oil pipeline, windmills kill huge numbers of birds and solar panels are killing insects.

Who are the real environmentalists and who are the killers?

10 posted on 06/08/2010 3:57:57 PM PDT by RJL
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Man kills.... wow.

I have a Solar electric system on my Airstream trailer. I don’t know how I will be able to live with the knowledge of such pure horror.

I wonder what my ‘Bug Footprint” will be. Can I get Bug Credits to ease my feelings of guilt?

Hey Al.... cheer up.... there’s more money to be made.


11 posted on 06/08/2010 4:02:04 PM PDT by Gator113 (OBAMA THAT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE..... IMPEACH Obama NOW..)
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To: PROCON
Now how can we get these solar panels to attract Democrats & Environmentalists ?
12 posted on 06/08/2010 4:05:32 PM PDT by Djester62
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To: PROCON

lol

back to gathering berries


13 posted on 06/08/2010 4:15:26 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: PROCON

Since there will be fewer birds and bats because on wind energy we will need fewer bugs for them to eat.


14 posted on 06/08/2010 4:38:21 PM PDT by tiki
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To: PROCON

Humans should just all kill themselves!


15 posted on 06/08/2010 4:40:04 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: PROCON
Way at the bottom of the article, she reveals that the problem, if it is a problem, already has a known, easy fix:

The good news from Robertson's study is that the lure of solar panels was dramatically reduced when white borders or grids of white strips crisscrossed the panels, dividing the panel into smaller segments. This reduced the attractiveness by 10 to 26-fold, the study found, effectively eliminating the effect.

"Many solar panels are already designed this way," Robertson said.


16 posted on 06/08/2010 4:48:57 PM PDT by cynwoody
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