Windmills kill many birds also. Dams kill many fish. Green energy kills things.
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:31 PM, Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote: > OK Chem I understand the reaction. I think you are extended the argument a > bit. We (the taxpayers) actually built the solar farm. The oil is way > different - I knowp we did not build the resourse. Well, I guess you will > say we did not build the sun either. You are right but the fractionwe > harvest even if we cover this planet with solar farms (which I agree with > would be stupid if nothingelse for the loss of a ll birds) is close to > nothing. I agree with your point and I think Jojo has a point as well. Why > not use what we built and paid for? It will kill some birds but in the > whole . . . We do not need to build more of them. However we are building > fast trains (a la Mistral) here in California so who knows. 2 billions = > pocket change for the train project. > On Aug 19, 2014 8:03 PM, "ChemE Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm speechless... >> >> I was mostly thinking that using JoJo's argument, fossil fuels are also >> free since they are already there in the ground to use and we can ignore >> operating and maintenance expenses. >> >> I was mostly concerned about the costs to recharge/refurbish Jed's >> android robots that wash the mirrors at Ivanpah. At 375,000 mirrors and 1 >> minute per mirror that is 260 days to wash everything, I hope they don't >> have any dust storms in the desert... They appear very life like: >> >> >> http://www.irexcontracting.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Argus-Contracting-at-Ivanpah-Project1-360x240.jpg >> >> If they had used real people they would have lots of free avian protein >> to feed them >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 5:44 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 2:02 PM, ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Stop making stuff up, like "illuminati" crap. >>> >>> It might be a fake religion; but, it is the world's greatest: >>> >>> http://io9.com/the-greatest-fake-religion-of-all-time-1622095459 >>> >>> And the second greatest is: >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pux7jummtfA >>> >>> >>> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/pastafarian-fights-for-his-right-to-wear-a-colander-on-his-head-in-driving-licence-photo-9673376.html >>> >>> >>
