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  • Sly
    Let's do some business!
    • Sep 2004
    • 31376

    #1

    Green energy = dead birds

    Vendzilla was right! Hundreds of thousands of birds (potentially) a year from one plant, holy crap. That's a lot of California Fried Crow.

    What spans 1,600 hectares, cost $2.2 billion to build, and potentially fries hundreds of thousands of birds per year? The new BrightSource solar power plant in California?s Mojave Dessert.
    http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...rds-mid-flight
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  • ErectMedia
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    • Aug 2004
    • 7100

    #2
    all for it, tired of them shitting on my car after a fresh wash.

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    • L-Pink
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      • Mar 2005
      • 39151

      #3
      That's fucked up.

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      • 2MuchMark
        Mark of 2Much.net
        • Aug 2004
        • 50977

        #4
        Wow that's insane... those poor birds!

        I wonder what could be done from an engineering point of view. Some kind of cover above the focal point protecting birds that may fly over it? Or maybe some kind of ultrasonic noise maker that scares birds away?

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        • Jasminevsmedia
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          • Jun 2013
          • 51

          #5
          Wow, that sucks!
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          • aka123
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            • Jul 2014
            • 4450

            #6
            Apparently not very "green" energy. That definition doesn't cover every shit.

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            • L-Pink
              working on my tan
              • Mar 2005
              • 39151

              #7
              Originally posted by MarkPrince
              Wow that's insane... those poor birds!

              I wonder what could be done from an engineering point of view. Some kind of cover above the focal point protecting birds that may fly over it? Or maybe some kind of ultrasonic noise maker that scares birds away?
              So how many birds-per-mile does your Volt get?


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              • aka123
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                • Jul 2014
                • 4450

                #8
                Originally posted by MarkPrince
                Wow that's insane... those poor birds!

                I wonder what could be done from an engineering point of view. Some kind of cover above the focal point protecting birds that may fly over it? Or maybe some kind of ultrasonic noise maker that scares birds away?
                From engineering point of view: not to build huge boilers outdoors. Everything fries in there, the birds are just the tip of a iceberg.

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                • aka123
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jul 2014
                  • 4450

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ErectMedia
                  all for it, tired of them shitting on my car after a fresh wash.
                  Yeah, in China they declared war against sparrows. Result = famine or two. Clueless bastards didn't really get the concept of ecosystem.

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                  • PR_Glen
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                    • Oct 2006
                    • 9058

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MarkPrince
                    Wow that's insane... those poor birds!

                    I wonder what could be done from an engineering point of view. Some kind of cover above the focal point protecting birds that may fly over it? Or maybe some kind of ultrasonic noise maker that scares birds away?
                    you want to cover the solar panels?
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                    • woj
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                      • Jul 2002
                      • 47882

                      #11
                      "Workers at the Ivanpah solar power plant call these birds “streamers,” as they ignite in midair and plummet to the ground trailing smoke."
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                      • Bladewire
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                        • Aug 2003
                        • 56228

                        #12
                        This is just propaganda to get support for the testing of the first experimental plasma shields.

                        "We will be implementing an experimental plasma shield in an effort to save the birds" a future headline will read no doubt

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                        • SmutHammer
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                          • Mar 2008
                          • 4301

                          #13
                          Originally posted by ErectMedia
                          all for it, tired of them shitting on my car after a fresh wash.



                          Originally posted by L-Pink
                          So how many birds-per-mile does your Volt get?


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                          • beerptrol
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                            • Feb 2003
                            • 12722

                            #14
                            need one of those miniature sized to set up for the front sidewalk to keep people away
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                            • Best-In-BC
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                              • Jun 2002
                              • 9511

                              #15
                              SOoooooo, keep up the slaughter
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                              • baddog
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                                • Apr 2001
                                • 107089

                                #16
                                Originally posted by PR_Glen
                                you want to cover the solar panels?
                                Princely logic

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                                • ErectMedia
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                                  • Aug 2004
                                  • 7100

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by L-Pink
                                  So how many birds-per-mile does your Volt get?


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                                  • nico-t
                                    emperor of my world
                                    • Aug 2004
                                    • 29903

                                    #18
                                    love the article title

                                    ".. IS ACTUALLY DEATH RAY INCINERATING BIRDS"

                                    like it's some devious plan on purpose from a darth vader CEO

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                                    • TampaToker
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                                      • May 2006
                                      • 5828

                                      #19
                                      "Back in January, it was estimated that — in the US alone — between 365 million and 988 million birds are killed every year by crashing into windows. We’re mostly talking about domestic, low-rise windows, too — not skyscrapers. Likewise, a study last year showed that domestic cats — yes, your beloved Fluffy — are killing more than a billion birds per year in the US."
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                                      • crockett
                                        in a van by the river
                                        • May 2003
                                        • 76818

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by aka123
                                        Yeah, in China they declared war against sparrows. Result = famine or two. Clueless bastards didn't really get the concept of ecosystem.
                                        Kinda like with those dumb bastards spill coal ash in the river ways, or oil tankers spill millions of gallons into the oceans...
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                                        • shake
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                                          • Jul 2003
                                          • 4663

                                          #21
                                          Maybe they could add a few wind turbines, then they'd be chopped, cooked and ready to eat.
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                                          • DDuckworth
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                                            • Aug 2014
                                            • 139

                                            #22
                                            Fairly simple solution though, just put up some nets at the heights where the solar power is focused, I doubt you'd lose that much efficiency and the birds would be fine to land on the nets, as long as they were above the concentrated ray areas.

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                                            • seeandsee
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                                              • Mar 2006
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                                              #23
                                              they know what would happened, they dont care
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                                              • PR_Glen
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                                                • Oct 2006
                                                • 9058

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by DDuckworth
                                                Fairly simple solution though, just put up some nets at the heights where the solar power is focused, I doubt you'd lose that much efficiency and the birds would be fine to land on the nets, as long as they were above the concentrated ray areas.
                                                nets? if the birds are frying at those heights then... nevermind...
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                                                • brassmonkey
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                                                  • Sep 2005
                                                  • 77396

                                                  #25
                                                  sounds like free lunch
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                                                  • Bladewire
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                                                    • Aug 2003
                                                    • 56228

                                                    #26
                                                    They built the plants on a plain right in the middle of the birds migratory path to a lake, and they want to build an even bigger plant, on the same migratory path. This could be a big problem.

                                                    Killing a few birds who gives a fuck but frying all the birds on their migratory path to water, through the desert, means those species are fucked

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                                                    • bronco67
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Dec 2006
                                                      • 29032

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by Sly
                                                      Vendzilla was right! Hundreds of thousands of birds (potentially) a year from one plant, holy crap. That's a lot of California Fried Crow.



                                                      http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...rds-mid-flight
                                                      and what Republican truly gives a single shit about dead birds?

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                                                      • michael.kickass
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                                                        • Mar 2009
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                                                        #28
                                                        Very fucked up.
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                                                        • Sly
                                                          Let's do some business!
                                                          • Sep 2004
                                                          • 31376

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by bronco67
                                                          and what Republican truly gives a single shit about dead birds?
                                                          You forgot to mention Fox News, Sarah Palin, and the Tea Party.

                                                          Try again.
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