Solar Energy Plant Kills Birds, Threatens Airline Pilots

As if we need another reason not to put much stock into solar energy until it is perfected a bit more.

This plant uses an array of mirrors on the ground that focus sun light onto a boiler that creates steam and thus electricity.

First, the plant takes up far more space than a shale well pad. Then there is the fact that errant rays from the mirrors blind pilots. Finally, and saddest, the rays from the mirrors literally cook birds as they fly over (killing them.

Add this to the wind mills that shred passing birds.

http://www.newser.com/story/192652/why-birds-are-igniting-midair-ov...

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Permalink Reply by Gunner Ostergard on August 26, 2014 at 3:37am

I am glad to see some intelligent responses to this sensational headlines of the original post.

Permalink Reply by Elnathan Cory on August 27, 2014 at 3:46pm

I second that!

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