08-20-2014, 10:13 AM
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Solar Plant Incinerates 28,000 Birds Every Year:
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Solar energy may sound like it’s great for the environment as a whole – but it appears to be deadly to our feathery friends.
Right now tens of thousands of birds are being accidentally incinerated as they fly through a solar power plant in California’s Mojave Desert.
The surprising and horrific deaths are occurring at a rate of one every couple of minutes since the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System opened back in February of this year,
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/geek...210118559.html
"Green" energy has significant costs to the environment as well. We all remember the outrage when 1600 ducks were killed in a Syncrude Oil sands tailings pond in 2008. They were subsequently fined $3 million dollars.
Apparently there are 10 plants similar to this one in the US. Should they all be paying fines of tens of millions of dollars?
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08-20-2014, 10:17 AM
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Norm!
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Bird - "No our flock is peaceful, we have no weapons, you can't . . . "
Grand Moff Plant Manager - "You may fire when ready"
Plant worker - "Mnn that smells amazing"
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08-20-2014, 10:19 AM
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or you could feed the homeless. Pre-cooked, albeit maybe a bit overdone. Sad thing is this won't even be a blip on news media outlets.
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08-20-2014, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Should they all be paying fines of tens of millions of dollars?
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Sure they should.
However since it's in California, and it's renewable, they likely won't be touched.
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08-20-2014, 10:22 AM
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Looooooooooooooch
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So now will we be seeing cute little ducks with half burnt wings on the news?
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08-20-2014, 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by fotze
Is there a way these deaths can be tied to the Calgary Flames?
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I vow to boycott all Arnold Shwarzenegger movies from here on in...
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08-20-2014, 10:26 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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They could probably cut it down substantially if they used noise cannons like the mine operators.
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08-20-2014, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
They could probably cut it down substantially if they used noise cannons like the mine operators.
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I think they actually need a sweet and source sauce cannon..............
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08-20-2014, 10:30 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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Not a lot of meat on song birds.
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08-20-2014, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Not a lot of meat on song birds.
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71 different species found so far. There's gotta be meat on one of them!
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08-20-2014, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Gary
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We should reduce dependence on Solar and focus on Wind energy...oh wait, they kill birds too.
We should reduce dependence on Wind and focus on Nuclear...oh wait, that messes up the environment when they have an accident.
We should reduce dependence on Nuclear and focus on Tidal energy...oh wait, that kills sea life too.
We should reduce dependence on Tidal and focus on...coal? Oil? What's left? Back to the stone ages or bust I guess.
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08-20-2014, 10:40 AM
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GOAT!
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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Not a lot of meat on song birds.
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08-20-2014, 10:43 AM
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That is an insane number of birds. I like the idea of a sonic fence or something though.
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08-20-2014, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
What's left? Back to the stone ages or bust I guess.
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Ebola.
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08-20-2014, 10:48 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Auckland, NZ
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Bald eagle replicas will do the trick.
Either that, or get a BBQ and make some delicious grilled gull for lunch.
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08-20-2014, 10:50 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Breaking News: Human beings have an impact on the environment
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08-20-2014, 11:05 AM
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In the Sin Bin
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Wonder how many birds get decapitated by the windmill farms near Pincher Creek...
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08-20-2014, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
We should reduce dependence on Solar and focus on Wind energy...oh wait, they kill birds too.
We should reduce dependence on Wind and focus on Nuclear...oh wait, that messes up the environment when they have an accident.
We should reduce dependence on Nuclear and focus on Tidal energy...oh wait, that kills sea life too.
We should reduce dependence on Tidal and focus on...coal? Oil? What's left? Back to the stone ages or bust I guess.
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That's quite pessimistic. There's lots of better and better ways to harvest energy and we can keep minimizing the effect on the environment. The end game on renewables is infinitely better than fossil fuels, so it's kind of a false dichotomy here when comparing acute impacts vs long term ones
Last edited by Street Pharmacist; 08-20-2014 at 11:12 AM.
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08-20-2014, 11:11 AM
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let's put the blame where it belongs here: THE SUN!
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08-20-2014, 11:18 AM
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THE Chuck Storm
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Wonder how many birds get decapitated by the windmill farms near Pincher Creek...
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We're doing a film project and spent a lot of time talking to owners, naysayers, etc. down in Pincher and area.
Very few
Home windows kill much more.
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