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WonderBoi
Do TPTB know? If not, 404 this page, quickly; before the technology disappears. lol
A giant solar-power project officially opening this week in the California desert is the first of its kind, and may be among the last, in part because of growing evidence that the technology it uses is killing birds.
One reason: the BrightSource system appears to be scorching birds that fly through the intense heat surrounding the towers, which can reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.
The company, which is based in Oakland, Calif., reported finding dozens of dead birds at the Ivanpah plant over the past several months, while workers were testing the plant before it started operating in December. Some of the dead birds appeared to have singed or burned feathers, according to federal biologists and documents filed with the state Energy Commission.
benrl
I wish we would get on board with two technologies stat.
Solar power, and Solar Desalinization plants.
Two things, that while costly, would have a net benefit of solving the two "major" crisis we supposedly face.
Fresh Water.
and
Energy.
Peter Brake
benrl
I wish we would get on board with two technologies stat.
Solar power, and Solar Desalinization plants.
Two things, that while costly, would have a net benefit of solving the two "major" crisis we supposedly face.
Fresh Water.
and
Energy.
I wrote about this a couple years back. If you put this plant in the ocean above a well which is empty (surrounded by the sea - and drilled underground from there inland to a desert) You could generate power desalinate water and deliver it energy free to anywhere at sea level.
Get the picture you condense the boiled sea water spin your turbines and drop the water into the well - which will eventually fill up with fresh water. You could make the top of the well some metres above the sea level. The well at the sea bottom goes along a pipe and is drilled into the land on shore and plugged into town supply.
Got the advantage of being able to grow crops on the land that you didn't use to build this. None the less I'm glad they are doing this - it is currently more efficient then solar panels.