“According to Rudy Evenson, Deputy Chief of Communications for Nevada Bureau of Land Management (NBLM) in Reno, as reported by Re Wire, a third of the newly constructed plant was put into action on the morning of Jan. 14, redirecting concentrated solar energy to a point 1,200 feet above the ground.”
“Unfortunately, about two hours into the test, engineers and biologists on site started noticing “streamers” – trails of smoke and steam caused by birds flying directly into the field of solar radiation. What moisture was on them instantly vaporized, and some instantly burst into flames – at least, until they began to frantically flap away. An estimated 130 birds were injured or killed during the test.”
Maybe there should be pictures of volunteers rubbing the birds with Dove liquid soap, in efforts to save their steaming corpses.
ht/ whiterok
The environmental jacks might open up a rehab shelter for featherless birds.
I believe killing migratory birds is a felony.
Even for a member of the bureaucracy.
Common core math question. If the plant (death ray ) operates for 8 hours a day, 30 days a month, how long will it be before Algore opens up a franchised fried chicken stand on the site?
Acme Corp. finally came through in a big way for Wile E. Coyote.
Is that Mecca?
Has PETA heard about this?
Or Algore?
Wouldn’t singed birds put a lot of nasty carbon fumes into the atmosphere?
Where’s the outrage?
On an unrelated note, pre-cooked “chicken” is now on sale at the local Piggly Wiggly.
The only solution is more of your money so we can fix the fix.
/every prog idea ever
They should declare the area a “No Fly Zone” and shoot any bird that flies through it.
send boner down to investigate
I wonder if we can get the birds to take a dust bath in tandoori seasoning first…
There’s no outrage because the cretins who like this sort of thing and funnel govt money to cronies to put them up are “environmentalists” and not “conservationists”. An enviro is a communist or left-leaning self-described “anarchist” who is committed to anything that makes (a) productive people poorer, and/or (b) parasitic people richer.
But y’all knew that already. That was for Larry.
I read somewhere that they have a free pass to kill thousands of birds including Eagles, for the environment don’t you know.
Carson city, NV is too fucking close to CA. And the BLM too fucking close to everyone.
My understanding of this plant (bird holocaust aside) is that it’s never come close to the estimates of power generation the builders made. In order to get to the point of creating electricity a huge increase in the amount of natural gas they initially estimated is needed to heat the water sufficiently to create steam. The plant is a failure on a colossal scale and will never become cost effective nor will it ever come close to creating enough “clean” (except for those pesky bird carcases) to offset the pollution created in building the place.
As an aside I do miss Kenny Rogers Roasters. It only lasted a few years up here in Toronto but it was great chicken and sides.
Who wants to invest in “bird toupees” with me?
I heard there are hippie liberals in Cali. Making little foil flight suits for birds in the area to wear.
scr_north, it was never meant to be a success; it was simply a conduit for Obozo to return money to his buddies.
The birds did their part sacrificing for the greater good. Regarding the loss of any migratory/endangered/protected birds, doubtless the operator has already obtained (a post-dated) “takings” waiver, as is commonly done with wind farms.
@crazyeighter; I agree it was a kickback scheme of immense proportions but I’ll bet cash money it was sold as though it would be “clean” and profitable in a few years after opening. If these guys sold shares the SEC would be on them, oh wait maybe not at least not the SEC under Obama.
Didn’t Citgo get fined millions a few years ago for greasing some ducks or some such……. Criminal negligence IIRC…. Perhaps these guys will……… Oh never mind!
Peeps, this is why fossil and nuclear steam energy sources, deep fryers, and bakeries are secured in insulated, contained facilities.
Extreme heat kills.
scr_north, they do not use natural gas in the process. There isn’t any in that part of the county. Your’re confusing this with the Bright Source project located outside of Primm, Nevada. Crescent Dunes hasn’t started producing energy yet. I should know– it is literally in my backyard.
Ha ha ha aha hah aaha haa hha hahaha haha, stoooopp iiittttt! I’m laughing so hard I can’t type properly. They built the biggest solar rotisserie! Good for them, now call Guiness book of records and get this into it’s next edition! Oh and can we point that thing toward the Rio Grand river? Thanks.
put in some Somali charcoals for that smokie flavor….
Kenny Rogers Roasters. There’s a reference not seen every day.