Newsom California solar farm kills thousands of birds.



How curious that the bird seemed almost attracted, like he was hanging around, interested, he almost went out of his way to get hit. Could it be that these generators actually draw interest from these birds? How hard can it be to design something that actually repels birds, chases them away?
 
How curious that the bird seemed almost attracted, like he was hanging around, interested, he almost went out of his way to get hit. Could it be that these generators actually draw interest from these birds? How hard can it be to design something that actually repels birds, chases them away?
It's the magnetic fields generated by the turbines

Same with the whales ;)
 
How curious that the bird seemed almost attracted, like he was hanging around, interested, he almost went out of his way to get hit. Could it be that these generators actually draw interest from these birds? How hard can it be to design something that actually repels birds, chases them away?
The problem, as I see it, is that the wind farms are built out in the middle of nowhere. Right smack dab in areas where birds of prey hunt for rabbits, squirrels, etc. The eagle was likely flying around looking for game and not even focused on the monstrosity.
 
The problem, as I see it, is that the wind farms are built out in the middle of nowhere. Right smack dab in areas where birds of prey hunt for rabbits, squirrels, etc. The eagle was likely flying around looking for game and not even focused on the monstrosity.

That is a distinct possibility. I've often thought that these wind generators need something around them, I don't know, maybe a frame or something to define a whirling blade within it, red colored tips, something that makes a noise scaring birds away as it spins and air blows through it, but I guess any of these things would make wind farms uglier and more obnoxious.
 
That is a distinct possibility. I've often thought that these wind generators need something around them, I don't know, maybe a frame or something to define a whirling blade within it, red colored tips, something that makes a noise scaring birds away as it spins and air blows through it, but I guess any of these things would make wind farms uglier and more obnoxious.
Not a bad idea. Something noisy might help. Personally, I would like to see them go away. They aren't as effective as people believe them to be. They still require "fossil fuel" to produce and transport. They also require a good bit of maintenance. Then there's the problem of disposing of them once they're reached their life span.

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Not a bad idea. Something noisy might help. Personally, I would like to see them go away. They aren't as effective as people believe them to be. They still require "fossil fuel" to produce and transport. They also require a good bit of maintenance. Then there's the problem of disposing of them once they're reached their life span.

The thing is, wind farms are very inefficient. At least with solar, 100% of the sunlight is blocked and absorbed into the panel to make electricity, but stand behind a wind farm and you feel wind. Probably 95% of the air blows right through a wind farm, the blades only utilize a tiny portion of all of the available energy!

I've actually had an idea for a better wind generator that is long and thin, less obtrusive, more efficient, and cannot hit or kill birds, I've also had an idea for a wind generator which creates electricity from a piezo effect caused by the flapping of a surface as the wind runs over it.
 
Your existence has caused some animal to have to flee its home to provide you with a home. When have humans ever been capable of creating a supernova on the planet?

LOL, yet we can stop the HUMAN cause killings of wildlife that have no concept of what the blades or solar units does to them, they are not equipped to deal with it.

Gee are you really that clueless about natural life behaviors?
 
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