Posted on 02/13/2014 1:33:00 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The worlds largest solar plant is officially online in the Mojave desert and it is causing some dismay.
Thats because the technology the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station uses could be a threat to wildlife it generates heat so intense theres growing evidence it is scorching birds, according to The Wall Street Journal.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.marketwatch.com ...
Killing birds?
It’s okay if they are being sizzled by liberals and/or Greenies in the interests of advancing the progressive agenda.
But if it is hunters or conservatives killing the birds we are talking federal prosecution.
Of course, very, very bad coal doesn't kill little animals.
Today we were feeding the birds...
Sorry, but hydroelectric dams create more, much more living space for fish than it kills them....
I seem to remember an oil company getting a fine of several thousand dollars from The Feds because two or three birds died after landing in an oil puddle....
Hydro works if it rains and/or snows enough.
Not so much during a mega-drought, as CA may be in the process of finding out.
Anyone hoping for a vicious hail storm? What about the desert tortoise’s habitat? Oh, an exemption? I see. As long as it’s green, a little “red” is acceptable.
Sure, if you throw them up into the beam path.
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It's not my assertion; it's the environuts'. They have been after deconstructing dams for decades. I'm just pointing out that what they claim is so awful about dams is entirely acceptable to them when it comes to the holy Gaian pair of wind and solar - plus the added benefits of ridiculous costs and unreliability.
I don't think they should be killed by the thousands...via wind and solar energy production.
And the fact that the MSM is mute on this subject...mostly is BS.
BTW...before you launch...I'm a hunter. I hunt turkey's mostly these days...but I've hunted doves, quail, ducks, pheasants in the past. So I'm not a bird hugger....but I like them and enjoy them in more ways than one!!!
I hope you're only talking about the one's that get gov't subsidies. There's nothing wrong with alternative energy endeavors if it is supported by a free market.
I think you'll be surprised. There will be lawsuits aplenty over this as the project continues to operate. These folks don't want "clean" energy either, they want LESS energy period.
Sigh, no wild turkeys running around in this area, California sucks no matter what.
Well if it scorches a spotted owl that will be the end of it?
Maintenance on acres of mirrors must be fun.
I'm seeing a golden opportunity for a synergistic supply and demand system here:
Put some windmills and a Fast Food joint next to the solar array.
The windmills can slice 'em and dice 'em.
The solar array will fry them up on their way down.
And the Fast Food joint can serve up range-fed, organic, wild poultry tenders, soups, stews and kabobs
and also be a consumer of the electric power produced by the windmills and solar panels.
It is almost a perpetual motion system.
LOL— The Wind Farms chop them up.
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