The $2.2 Billion Ivanpah Solar Project Approved by the Obama Administration is Shutting Down - Leaving behind 173,500 thermal collectors on 3,500 acres in the Mojave Desert.. - Upgoat

The $2.2 Billion Ivanpah Solar Project Approved by the Obama Administration is Shutting Down - Leaving behind 173,500 thermal collectors on 3,500 acres in the Mojave Desert..
submitted by RoxannaHardbutt to videos 1 dayJun 6, 2025 02:26:30 ago (+6/-1) (youtu.be)
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Obama’s Department of Energy also provided $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to Ivanpah, a $535 million grant and tax credits, while the plant killed between 3,500 - 6,000 birds each year from collisions with heliostats, or from being incinerated when flying through the concentrated heat beams that reached 800 degrees Fahrenheit. The site was within the critical habitat of the desert tortoise, an endangered species native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts, conservation groups have called Ivanpah an “environmental disaster!” YT.

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The wankers who remain in power in South Australia have located similarly disastrous projects in that state, that are only guaranteed to make trillion$$ for the ones selling the tech, like the ones sold the 173,500 "thermal connectors" to the Obama's DOE made trillion$$ .. Queensland news is full of ppl pushing the same thing.

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[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 1 dayJun 6, 2025 06:26:31 ago (+1/-0)

Does that female newscaster honestly not know how to pronounce the word tortoise

She pronounced it "ter toyce"

Lol

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[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 0 points 1 dayJun 6, 2025 06:48:56 ago (+0/-0)

The correct pronunciation of course is "tor-tuss". It's accepted by both American and British speakers. I'd really like to know why in literally every Discworld audio book I've listened to the reader pronounces it as "tor-toyse". It's incredibly distracting.

[ - ] Crackinjokes 1 point 1 dayJun 6, 2025 06:26:50 ago (+1/-0)

The birds that were killed in streaking smoking flames from this giant Jewish death laser are thankful

[ - ] Lost_In_The_Thinking 1 point 23 hoursJun 6, 2025 08:10:27 ago (+1/-0)

That's not the only solar collector in the California desert. They're all over the place, and they're a blight. I noticed there's an unidentified golf course in the middle of nowhere next to I15. Very strange. I guess that's where part of that federal grant money went.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ivanpah+Solar+Electric+Generating+System/@35.5586523,-115.483327,10927m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x80cf43490ff9fde1:0x17080474266201e1!8m2!3d35.5564384!4d-115.4704092!16s%2Fm%2F07s7pqd!5m1!1e1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDYwMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[ - ] xmasskull 0 points 3 hoursJun 7, 2025 04:29:34 ago (+0/-0)

Ya' think this bullshit might add a bit to the Global warming scenario?

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