tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1800286632473437316..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Renewable energy. . . cooked birdsPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-59159577003896033542015-03-30T11:21:18.107-05:002015-03-30T11:21:18.107-05:00When fully operational the 110MW Crescent Dunes So...When fully operational the 110MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project will reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil energy supplies by only 0.03 percent.<br /><br />One would need over 300 such solar projects to reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil energy power plants by 10 percent.<br /><br />Based on the reported sizzling of 130 birds during the two-hour test at 33% capacity, it can be estimated that over an average 5 hours of usuable sunlight per day, the fully operational Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project would fry about 1,000 birds per day or 356,000 birds per year. 30 such solar plants in the sunny southern part of the U.S. would fry about 100 million birds per year.<br /><br />These cooked carcasses would mostly land on the solar mirrors, necessitating a large enough night crew to clean and repair the mirrors and dispose of the (dead and injured) burnt birds.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.com