Read the following article:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/emerging-solar-plants-scorch-birds-mid-air-25017031
Answer the following questions:
1. What three companies co-own the BrightSource Enegry plant in the Mojave Desert?
2. Explain the "Power Tower" energy collection system.
3. What is the US Fish and Wildlife Commission demanding of the BrightSource company?
4. How is BrightSource offering to offset and compensate for the vast number of dead birds?
5. If the BrightSource company is privately owned, funded, and operated, should the local and federal authorities be able to step in and have a say-so in its day-to-day operations?
6. What is the main irony in this story?
7. How far should companies take their quest to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil?
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Jagory White
ReplyDelete1. The Audobon Society, Google, and NRG Solar
2. The "Power Tower" consists of 300,000 solar mirrors that beam sunlight on towers filled with water bringing them to a boil creating steam to turn turbines, which in turn provides electricity for approximately 140,000 homes
3. They demand that source BrightSource company give a death toll for a year's worth of operation.
4. They a researching ways to scare of the birds appealing to their auditory and visual senses.
5. The federal authorities have the right to say something about it due to their Constitutional Rights, but they shouldn't be able to enforce any bans or laws in regard to what BrightSource is doing due to the fact that it is a privately owned, funded, and operated business.
6.The main irony is that BrightSource is trying to find ways to preserve energy to help the planet but are killing thousands of birds in the process which in a way contradicts their purpose.
7. Companies should do what they can to find alternative sources of power that benefit themselves and the wildlife around them making it a win-win situation.
Solomon Bolden
ReplyDelete1.NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, Google, and the California Energy Commission all co-own.
2. The Power Tower energy collection system is when thousands of mirrors reflect light onto a tower containing water that turns into steam to power turbines.
3. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Commission is demanding that they find out a year's death toll of birds.
4. Brightsource is paying $1.8 million to compensate and thinking of ways to scare birds away.
5. Yes, the federal authorities should have a say so. The government's job is to regulate. Laws are put in place to ensure that companies are doing the right things. Since they have a business in the US, they should be ready to abide by laws. But since they are privately funded (money always talk),they do have more of a right to do what they want to an extent. Overall, if the companies do not like it, they should take their companies elsewhere.
6. The irony is that this alternative power source is supposed to helo the environment, but its having a bad impact.
7. Companies should look for alternative power sources while weighing the pros and cons. If the cons of the new source are not much different than than the old source's cons, then it should stop. But since all power sources have cons, we have to figure out what cons we can live with.
Solomon Bolden
Tempie Ennis
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar of Carlsbad,Google, and Audubon Society are the thee companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy Plant.
2.It is a 75-story tower built as a path for the flight of birds between the Colorado River and the Salton Sea.
3.They are demanding a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. They are offering 1.8 million in compensation for anticipated bird deaths.
5. No, because they are not funding it and the people taking interest to it are funding it for their own.
6. That solar power is meant to help the environment but in the end it gives off just as much gases as other things we already use.
7.To the extent that while in their quest, it as used just as much, or more, power.
Cassie House
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and the Audubon Society are the three companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy plant.
2. The "Power Tower" style holds the highest lethality potential of many solar projects. It's 75-stories tall and would reach above the sand dunes and creek washes between Joshua Tree National Park and the California-Arizona border. It is on a flight path for birds between the Colorado River and the Salton Sea.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife Commission are demanding a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million to offset and compensate for the number of dead birds.
5. I think authorities should be able to step in and have a say-so in its operations to a certain extent. If the company is killing a vast number of birds, then authorities should be able to do something about that. But if they aren't doing anything wrong, then authorities shouldn't have a say-so.
6. The main irony in this story is that solar power is supposed to be helping the environment, but in some situations it just hurts it.
7. Companies should take their quest to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil very far so that they can find something to help the environment.
Kali Sturgis
ReplyDelete1. The three companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy plant in the Mojave Desert is NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and the Audubon Society.
2. The "Power Tower" energy collection system is a 75-story power tower that would go above the sand dunes and creek washes located between Joshua Tree National Park and the California- Arizona border. Apparently it has "the highest lethality potential" out of the many solar plants in California.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife Commission is demanding that the BrightSource company give them a death toll of a years worth of operation.
4. BrightSource is offering 1.8 million dollars to compensate and offset for the vast number of dead birds.
5. Since the BrightSource company is privately owned, operated, and funded the local and federal authorities should be able to intrude to a certain extent if it's necessary, otherwise it should not be allowed.
6. The main irony in this story is that they are trying to find alternate uses for energy sources to better the environment, but within the process they are effecting the environment in a negative way.
7. Companies should be able to take their quests to find alternative sources of power for coal and oil to a significant extent as long as it is not harming the environment which, coincidentally, they are trying to save.
Caitlin Lavender
ReplyDelete1.California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar, and Google.
2. More than 300,000 mirrors the size of garage doors, reflect thhe solar rays into boiler towers that range up to 40ft. high.
3.That they stop this immediately
4.offered 1.8 million dollars to compensate for the birds deaths.
5.yes and no, yes because if those towers killed the birds it would probably be ten times worse if it were actual humans and no because the company should be able to find a better way to get electricity and they should'nt be asked to stop that.
6.that even the good things can be deadly.
6.they shouldn't go overboard and go to the point to where society in genral could be at risk.
Spencer Budzius
ReplyDelete1. Bright-Source, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, and Google.
2. Hundreds of giant sized mirrors focus the solar energy onto a container full of water that is heated into steam to turn turbines.
3. A full years worth of bird death. A death toll.
4. With a $1.8 billion settlement.
5. Yes, even if the company is private it should not be allowed to have free reign over the land that it owns.
6. It is being used as an alternative power source to keep the planet safe but it is killing thousands of animals in the process.
7. At the moment an alternative power source is not a "must have." Right now companies need to be reseaching ways to create better energy. As in making energy sources more reliable and much safer. There is no reason that a company should be endangering wildlife over energy that is not necassary, instead find ways to make effiecient, safe, and reliable energy in the future and save the wildlife now.
Donedra Falls
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar, Google, and BrightSource co-own the plant.
2. Thousands of mirrors reflect the sun's rays onto three towers of water, causing the water to boil and produce steam, which in turn spins turbines, thus generating electricity.
3.They are demanding that the authorities provide a death toll for a full year before granting permits for this kind of technology in the future.
4.They are attempting to find a way to scare the birds away from the towers and are offering to provide compensation by giving $1.8 million dollars to programs that spay and neuter cats, as it has been found that they kill about 1.4 billion birds a year.
5.In general, federal and local authorities should not have a say in the operations of privately owned, funded, and/or operated companies. However, when a company's actions begin to adversely affect the lives and well-beings of parties that can not or have not agreed to be affected, these authorities have the right to step in and protect the otherwise helpless.Much the same as one is given the option to or not to sign a contract agreeing not to sue a business for an injury or something of that sort that results from the business's incompetence, carelessness, or otherwise negligent actions, these parties should be provided with information about the intentions of the companies and be allowed to give their consent for the carrying out of the their procedures. If the company refuses and harm is done, it is the authorities' job to step in and take the actions necessary to bring justice to the wronged party. At the very least, the company should forewarn them of the dangers that could ensue. In the case of the "streamers," the birds are unable to consent or reject the power plant; therefore, is it the duty of the authorities to do what they can to curb the number of losses.
6.The main irony in this story is that the purpose of the energy plant is to protect the environment, in the process of which it kills wildlife.
7. Companies should take their quest as far as they can without harming parties that have not consented or been given the option or ability to do so. Even though this article is focused on one particular plant and its fatal effects on birds, generally speaking, no group of people or things that have not agreed to accept the effects of these power sources should be affected. In their search for alternative fuel, companies should take into account everything on which their plants could have an undesirable affect and take precautions to prevent them from happening.
Andrew Parrish
ReplyDelete1. Audubon Society, NRG Solar, and Google
2. Mirrors reflect solar rays onto boiler towers, which heats water up to steam, which powers the homes.
3. They want a annual death toll reported by the company.
4. $1.8 Million is being offered to compensate for the projected avian losses.
5. Yes, because the company is affecting local environments, and should not be exempt from the same laws that pedestrians follow.
6. It's ironic that the animals are being attracted to this "death" light that will be their ultimate demise.
7. If it means saving the environment, then they should at least seek out alternative measures to their highest ability.
Sidnie
ReplyDelete1. Google, BrightSource, NRG Solar.
2. 300,000 garage sized mirrors relfect onto boiler towers that stand at 40 feet. Inside the boiler towers, the water heats up and is turned into steam which turns the turbines. This helps bring engery to about 140,000 homes.
3. The U.S. Fish and Widlife Commion is demanding a death toll for a full years operation.
4. BrightSource is willing to compensate by building a mirror field and a power tower that will reach up to 75 stories. This will be built above sand dunes and creek washes between Joshua Tree National Park and the California-Arizona boreder.
5. Even though the BrightSource company is privately owned, funded, and operated, I do believe that federal authorities should be able to step in and have a "say-so" in its day-to-day operations because of the fact that their company could and will cause certain birds to go extinct if these operations continue. Because of this, the federal government should step in and nicely advise them to either change their ways or shut down the company in order to protect America's wildlife.
6. I believe that the main irony in this article is simply that the company believes that they are doing something good for the environment when they are really still hurting it.
7. I feel like its pretty important for the companies to change their ways of using coal and oil because there are better alternatives such as wind, water, wood pellets, and solar energy. Once you run out of coal and oil, you are out of it, done with it, no more, zero, its all gone. With the alternative resources, you are able to use them forever and ever and ever espically the wind and solar engery. Another "con" to relying on coal and oil is that it pollutes our air causing our lungs and bodies to be unhealthy and our world less beautiful.
1. What three companies co-own the BrightSource Energy plant in the Mojave Desert? NRG Solar, Google, and the Audobon Society
ReplyDelete2. Explain the "Power Tower" energy collection system. Electricity is made by turbines that are turned by steam. The steam is made by water that is heated by sunlight, which is magnified by many mirrors.
3. What is the US Fish and Wildlife Commission demanding of the BrightSource company? They want to know how many birds die during a year of production.
4. How is BrightSource offering to offset and compensate for the vast number of dead birds? It is offering 1.8 million dollars in compensation for the dead birds, and is investigating ways to scare birds away from the plant, along with offsetting the numbers of dead birds by spaying and neutering cats.
5. If the BrightSource company is privately owned, funded, and operated, should the local and federal authorities be able to step in and have a say-so in its day-to-day operations? Yes, because the actions of the company affect the general public.
6. What is the main irony in this story? In trying to use an environmentally friendly energy source, another environmental problem was created.
7. How far should companies take their quest to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil? They should try to find an alternative energy source with the least amount of cons. When an energy source is harming the environment, it should no longer be used.
-Lizzy Liston
Riley Holmes
ReplyDelete1) Audubon society, Google, and NRG solar of carlsbad.
2) solar panels heat towers of water to produce steam that turns turbines to create energy
3)They want a death toll for a full year of operation
4) giving $1.5 million and money to spat and neuter cats who also cause bird deaths.
5) Yes, if what they are doing is harmful or doing bad then someone need to step up and stop it.
6)They are killing animals to get energy in a more resourceful way. So doing something good is also causing bad.
7) It needs to stop when it goes far enough to harm other people or creatures or just the earth in general.
Donovan Dooley 4th
ReplyDelete1.The three companies that own the BrightSource Energy Plant are the Uudubon Society, NRG and Google.
2. The Power Tower collection system holds the highest lethality potential for many of the solar objects.
3.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Commission demand a death toil for a full year of operation.
4.They are offering to build an Oakland based BrightSource Plant with a mirror field and a 75 story power tower that would protect the birds on their journey.
5. Local and Federal authorities should be able to step in if a company is causing harm to the environment or to human beings.
6. The main irony in the story is how trying to get clean energy can cause environmental harm.
7. Companies should not risk the health of the environment or the health of others when regarding finding alternative sources of coal and oil. I do not believe it is worth harm to the environment or harm to a fellow human.
1. audobon society . nrg solar of Carlsbad, google
ReplyDelete2. 300,000 mirrors, each the size of a garage door, reflect solar rays onto three boiler towers each looming up to 40 stories high. The water inside is heated to produce steam, which turns turbines that generate enough electricity for 140,000 homes.
3. a death toll of how many animals they kill
4. to build it a different place
5. yes if it effects the death of many animals
6. its a solar plant killing the animals of the environment.
7.far because3 all of them have pros and cons and coal and oil is not endless like the sun and water.
Jordan Twilley
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and the California chapter of the Audobon Society all co-own BrightSource.
2. The "power tower" energy collection system consists of 300,000+ large mirrors that reflect onto three boiler towers, which are approximately forty stories tall. The water in the boiler tower produces electricty.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife Commission demand the BrightSource company to record the death rate for birds annually before they fund BrightSource for more advanced technology.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million to compensate for future deaths of birds.
5. I think if the BrightSource company was privately owned the local and federal authorities should step in if it is effecting environmental factors, raw materials, fresh water, extinction of a species, etc. because that is effecting our enviornment. We have to tak care of our planet so it is habitable by every species and not just humans. If the local and federal authorities have no reason to regulate BrightSource's habits, then they should not interfere.
6. The irony in this story is the BrightSource company tried to compensate for dead birds by giving $1.8 million to a program that would not help the death rates decrease at all.
7. I believe companies should go far in searching for other resources to renerate power because we are limited in the amount of coal and oil on this planet. If the artificial power is effecting our population and planet negativelt, then I do not believe you should continue to use the alternative power, even if it is saving us raw materials.
1. What three companies co-own the BrightSource Enegry plant in the Mojave Desert?
ReplyDelete-NRG Solars of Carlsbad
-Google
-Audubon Society
2.Explain the "Power Tower" energy collection system.
There are more than 300,000 mirrors that reflect solar rays to 3 boiler towers. The water inside is heated to produce steam that generates electricity for 140,000 homes.
3. What is the US Fish and Wildlife Commission demanding of the BrightSource company?
They recommend a death toll for a full year of operation
4. How is BrightSource offering to offset and compensate for the vast number of dead birds?
That that should track the number of bird deaths for a year before granting any more kind of solar technology
5. If the BrightSource company is privately owned, funded, and operated, should the local and federal authorities be able to step in and have a say-so in its day-to-day operations?
I say no because it's their place and birds just so happen to come around and get killed. But by looking at the statistics of the birds' death, its up to the company to do something about it so the birds wont have to become "streamers".
6. What is the main irony in this story?
That so many birds are getting killed and it could lead to something dangerous like extinction
7. How far should companies take their quest to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil?
Very far because they aren't actually realizing how many birds are being killed while power is out being branched.
Drew Forrester
ReplyDelete1st period
1) The three companies who co-own the Brightsource Energy plant are Brightsource Energy, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, and Google.
2) The "power tower" system includes massive mirrors that reflect the sun's rays up towards one of three boiler towers which causes the water inside to turn to steam and, in turn, cause turbines to rotate and create electricity for nearly 140,000 hhouses.
3) The US Fish and Wildlife Commission is demanding a death toll for a full year's operation from the power plant.
4) Brightsource is proposing that they figure out a sound or light pattern that will scare the birds away from the tower.
5) Even though the plant is privately owned and ran, the authorities should have the power to intervene because of the threat to the bird population near the plant.
6) The irony of the story is that the Brightsource company still plans to build an even bigger plant.
7) Companies should take the quest to find other alternative power sources to coal and oil as far as they can without harming the ecosystem.
Carrie-Grace Gardino
ReplyDelete1. The three companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy plant in the Mojave Desert are the California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, and Google.
2. The "Power Tower" energy collection system is generated by 300,000 mirrors. They are each the size of a garage door and reflect solar rays onto three boiler systems. The water inside is heated and creates steam that turns turbines to generate electricity.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife commission are demanding that the BrightSource company provide a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million dollars to compensate for the vast number of dead birds.
5. If the BrightSource is privately owned, funded, and operated I do not think the local and federal authorities should have say in the day-to-day operations. I believe that if the money is not provided by the government, then they should not have a say-so.
6. The main irony in this story is that the BrightSource Energy plant is a great source of natural energy for the US, but is causing many deaths of birds that are surrounding the plant.
7. I believe that companies should continue to find alternative sources of power through coal and oil. This would help eliminate the death toll of the surrounding birds caused from the BrightSource Energy plant. By utilizing other resources, companies would not be as dependent on the "Power Tower" energy.
Shakira Kennedy
ReplyDelete1. The three companies are the California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, and Google.
2. The "Power Tower" energy collection system is a $2.2 billion plant that reflect solar rays onto three boiler towers each looming up to 40 stories high.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife Commission is demanding death toll for a full year of operation.
4. They are offering to compensate by offering $1.8 million in compensation for the anticipated bird deaths at Palen by donating the money for programs like those to spay and neuter domestic cats.
5. Yes, the federal authorities should to a certain extinct. The number of birds being killed is significantly high so someone should step in and try to come up with a solution to it.
6. The irony of this story is that even though they are killing birds, they still want to steady further their research about new plants even after the companies said they do not want to harm the birds.
7. Companies should take their quest far because only using these things may not be the answer. Possibly trying other sources to go along with the coal and oil.
Brittany Davidson 8/21/14
ReplyDelete1) Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, and Google are three companies who co-own the BrightSource Energy plan.
2) The water inside is heated to produce steam, which turns turbine that generate enough electricity for 140,0000 homes.
3) They want a death toll for a full year of operation.
4) To build a mirror field and a 75 feet power tower that would reach above the sand dunes and creek washes.
5) No because if it is owned, it is the owners responsibility to keep up with any accidents that happen and fix them right away.
6) That birds are getting killed because they are flying over plants concentrated by sun ray's.
7) Companies should have deep concentration of this because the problem they are having is affecting the environment. They should have an evaluation and observation with what they come up with.
Topazia Dubose
ReplyDelete1.California Chapter of Audubon Society, Google, and NGR Solar
2 The power tower system are huge towers with hot eater in them that give off of steam. They are powered by huge mirrors that give of solar energy.
3. To know the exact amount of deaths over the course of a year.
4. 1.8 million
5.Yes if it causes harm to animals in the areas.
6. The irony of this is that the company claims that they re trying tp find a way around it but know there is not really one.
7.Companies should search for many alternative sources as long as it is not harmful to animals.
Nicholas Ratliff
ReplyDelete1) brightsource, NRG Energy, and Google co-own the energy plant.
2) large solar panels reflect the suns heat onto the power tower and turn the water inside into steam which then turns a turbine and generates electricity.
3) the wildlife commission want a full "death toll" of all the birds that died flying near the tower.
4) find ways using sounds or lights to scare away the animals.
5) i think the federal authorities should have a small part in what they do but only to make sure they are operating within the law.
6) the brightsource company is trying to be green and generate clean energy for the sake of the environment, but instead are killing allot of wildlife in the environment
7) it is important that a clean energy source is found, one that is safe and wont cause any adverse problems to humans or animals. so companies need to stay within the law to find clean energy
Micaela Tierce 1st
ReplyDelete1.) The three main companies involved in BrightSource are Google, Audubon Society, and NRG Solar of Carlsbad California.
2.) The Power Tower are constructed to allow the BrightSource building to operate on solar powered solar rays that are approximately the size of a garage door with 300,000 mirrors that reflect the sun's rays and convert them into energy.
3.) The U.S Fish and Wildlife Commission are requesting that each year they receive a death toll of all the wildlife killed in the production of BrightSource.
4.) BrightSource is offering to donate 1.8 million dollars towards spaying and neutering domestic cats in order to offset the death toll in birds. This will do nothing to help the desert birds that the building is killing however.
5.) When the businesss is functioning on their own funding and are causing no trouble to the government, citizens, or environment then I feel federal authorities should keep themselves removed from their business. However when it begins to hurt the environment, authorities should step in to fix the situation or otherwise the company will continue to build damaging structures and slowly the wildlife they are killing will go exist. Only in special cases should the government be able to step in and reprimand the particular situation.
6.) The main irony in the story is that BrightSource is trying to construct a building that will help preserve our environment and help us to better the planet, where in reality the production is doing more harm than good and is actually destroying the environment instead of bettering it.
7.) Reading this article has brought me back to similar issues in the Devil In The White City. Although these two items are not particularly related, they have similar issues. Burnham risked his employee's safety and ultimately some of their deaths to construct a historic Chicago World Fair. When reading the story now all we see is the success from the World Fair, but not the moral compromise it took to build it. I think the same applies to the BrightSource building. Right now people are viewing it as a fantastic idea in helping preserve our natural resources and save our environment, but the underlining fact is being overlooked. What about the environment around the BrightSource building? Should they be able to destroy a small amount of nature in order to preserve the entire picture? In my opinion I don't feel that is appropriate, and is actually taking more of a negative approach than a positive. Companies should take all steps that are practical in order to preserve our planet, but they should not conform to their original beliefs in saving the environment. When a production begins to harm settings around it, then the production should be stopped and reassessed to determine better routes or the ultimate destruction of the project.
My Luu
ReplyDelete1. The three companies co-own the BrightSource Enegry plant in the Mojave Desert are Google, NRG Solar, and Audubon Society.
2. The "Power Tower" collects energy by using more than 300,000 mirrors to reflect solar rays onto the three towers. The water inside the towers are heated to produce steam, that generate electricity for homes.
3.US Fish and Wildlife Commission wanted to know how many birds died because of the company.
4. The BrightSource is offering money to compensate for the bird's death.
5. I think the local and federal authorities should have some authorities in the day-to-day operations but they should not have complete control over the BrightSource company.
6. The main irony in this story is that the BrightSource company is using solar rays instead of coal to generate electricity. This energy collection system is suppose to be saving the planets instead it killing birds.
7. Companies should not be using any alternative sources that would harm the environment.
1. NRG, Ivanpah, BrightSource
ReplyDelete2. Steam is heated by panels and creates power.
3. They're demanding they halt progress
4. They're offering 1.2 million to soya and neuter cats
5. No but since California is weird I guess it's not unusual
6. They're trying to help the environment but they're not
7. Not too far. TYLER POE
Cole Turner 1st Period
ReplyDelete1.) NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and the Audubon Society.
2.) 30,000 garage-door-size solar panels are placed adjacent to these"power towers" that hold water. These panels reflect light onto the tower and the water in them is heated until it becomes steam. This steam then in turn, turns turbines to produce electricity.
3.) A death toll of a year of operation.
4.) By donating money to have cats spayed and neutered. Cats cause 1.4 billion bird deaths a year.
5.) Legally no, morally, yes. The government (if there were any morals in government) should be able to say that ethically it's alarming and people may not use their business for that reason but, legally, they should not be able to step in and take control. Unless the President makes an Executive Order.
6.) The main irony is that the company is willing to spay and neuter other animals to save the lives of animals they are killing.
7.) As far as they're willing to go without losing too much money. They shouldn't be forced to, but, they need to. Nonrenewable resources only last so long.
Emylee
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar Company, Google, and Audubon Society
2. They are towers up to 40 feet tall surrounded with solar panels, and filled with water. The water is heated to create steam, which then powers turbines to produce energy for 140,000.
3.They asked for a death toll for a full year of production.
4. a flight path for birds
5. I do not think that the government should be able to regulate the privately owned business unless it starts having a negative impact on human health.
6. This is ironic because the money that BrightSource Energy gave to compensate for the massive death toll of birds was then used to neuter domestic cats.
7.I think that they should look for alternatives for oil and coal to help reduce the amount of death in birds.
1. Audubon Society; Google; NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California
ReplyDelete2. 300,000 mirrors the size of garage doors reflect light onto 40 stories high boiler towers with water inside that turns to steam and the steam causes turbines to turn and generate electricity.
3. THey want a death toll of all the birds after a full year of operation.
4. they are willing to give $1.8 million to spay and neuter domestic cats which kill birds
5. Yes, because what they do affects more than just the people who own and operate the company.
6. Because the system they are using is more natural way to generate electricity instead of using coal.
7. Well, they need to do whatever is a more efficient, faster, and durable because eventually all the coal and oil resources will be gone. I have faith that they will find a way to make the"power tower" method work without killing a lot of birds in the process.
Logan Gilbert
ReplyDelete1. Google, Chevron, and Alstom
2. It converts sunshine into clean electricity for the world's electricity grids
3. a death toll of a year of operation
4. by donating money to have cats spayed and neutered, because cats cause billions of bird deaths each year
5.no they shouldn't. because the government gets way too involved in many things that it shouldn't and if brightsource isn't planning treason, then they should be good
6.the irony is that the company is willing to spay and neuter other animals just to please the wildlife commission.
7. They should go as far as they can because natural resources never run out.
Amber Price
ReplyDelete1.Federal wildlife investigators, Biological Diversity environmental group, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, Google
2.Ivanpah Dry Lake, near California- Nevada border, where more than 300,000 mirrors the size of a garage door were set up to reflect the solar rays onto three boilers towers 40 stories high. The water inside heats up and makes steam that can generate electricity for 140,000 homes.
3.US Fish and Wildlife Commission want the death toll for a year of operation from the BrightSource Energy company.
4.BrightSource offered $1.8 million to offset and compensate for the vast number of dead birds.
5. Some say yes the federal authorities should step in so the birds will be safe and not indangered while others say no because the BrightSource company is private and it is not their problem birds fly in the mirrors direction and get blinded and die.
6.The irony is the fact the BrightSource is trying to think of a way to use energy to make electricity while other companies are trying to save the birds that die because of the solar energy project.
7.Companies should take their quest to find alternative sources of power of coal and oil to where is is helpful and useful and could use human resources but should not harm animals or anyone.
Trent Ray
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar, Google, and BrightSource Energy co-own the BrightSource Energy plant in the Mojave Desert.
2. The "power tower" collects energy by using sunlight that is reflected off of concentrated mirrors to heat up the water in the tower. The water eventually turns into steam which turns turbines in the tower thus creating energy.
3. A full year of operation in which the death toll of birds is recorded in order to see if they should allow the plant to expand.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million to programs that spay or neuter domestic cats because domestic cats cause over 1.4 billion bird deaths per year.
5. Even though BrightSource is privately owned, funded, and operated the federal government should have a say-so in its day-to-day operations if it involves the protection of the environment and welfare of the people.
6. The main irony of the story is that birds are dying for the sake of solar energy.
7. Companies should take their quest to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil as far as they need to without damaging the environment or risking peoples' lives.
Josh Smalley
ReplyDelete1.Solar Farms, NPG Solar of Carlsbad, Google
2. More than 300.,00 mirrors, and is heated to produce steam which turns turbine that generate electricity for 140,000 homes
3. They want a death toll for a full year of operation, & think that this month holds " The highest lethality potential"
4. $1.8 Million and proposing the money for programs
5.Yes, I believe that the Federal & Local agencies should be involved in this. It does not matter if a meth lab is privately owned, funded, and operated, there should be some accountability for these birds dying
6.That these scientists demand that this stops, but yet Biologists say there is are no known feasible ways to curb this.
7. I think they should put pressure on the Government for intense & extensive research
Angel Wynn
ReplyDelete1. The three companies that co-own BrightSource Energy plant are California chapter of Audubon Society, NRG Solar, and Google.
2. The "Power Tower" energy collection system is a 75-story power tower that is very dangerous for birds, because it is on a flight path for birds that is between the Colorado River and the Salton Sea.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife Commission are demanding a death toll for a year of operation.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million to compensate for the vast number of dead birds.
5. Yes, because the local government should be able to step in if something is going on that is effecting the community.
6. The main irony is that they are trying to build towers that won't kill the birds, but there is no tower that they can build that will stop the birds from getting killed.
7. It is good that the companies are trying to find alternative sources for power, but they shouldn't take it very far if it requires killing wildlife.
Ashby Shelley
ReplyDelete1. The three companies who co own the Energy plant is the Center for Biological Diversity environmental group, NRG Solar of Carlsbard, and Google.
2. They have more than 300,000 mirrors reflecting solar rays onto three boiler towers each looming up to 40 stories high.
3. The US Fish and Wildlife is demanding a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. BrightSource will track the bird kills there for a year before granting any more permits for that kind of solar technology.
5. The local and federal authorities should be able to step in only if BrightSource's project is causing conflict in the desert.
6. The irony of the story is that the toll of the death of birds was very surprising.
7. Companies should take their quests as far as they need to to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil.
Sarah Snyder
ReplyDelete1. The three companies are Google, Audubon Society, and NSG Solar of Carlsbad
2. More than 300,000 big mirriors that creare reallyy hot steam with water that is inside, which generates elctricity for 140,000 homes
3. They want a death toll of the birds at the end of the year.
4. They are trying to find things to scare them away like sounds or lights. They offered to give them 1.8 million.
5. I think they should be able to if they are killing wildlife at a veryy high rate.
6. The people running the power tower think that birds are just something that are goin to be sacrificed for the project is way to important.
7 From the passage the people think whatever it takes, even killing harmless birds.
Jon Owens
ReplyDelete1. Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, and Google
2. 300,000 mirrors reflect sun rays on the boiler towers that has water in it, thus causing steam to turn turbines that create energy for homes.
3. They want a death toll for a full year of operation
4. They offered $1.8 million for the bird deaths
5. It really shouldnt concern them. Its sthe stupid birds faults anyway.
6. Its ironic beacause other coal plants, wind plants, and nuclear plants all have their cons but no one is getting at them about it.
7. Not far, they doing a pretty good job to me.
Jon Owens
ReplyDelete1. Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, and Google
2. 300,000 mirrors reflect sun rays on the boiler towers that has water in it, thus causing steam to turn turbines that create energy for homes.
3. They want a death toll for a full year of operation
4. They offered $1.8 million for the bird deaths
5. It really shouldnt concern them. Its sthe stupid birds faults anyway.
6. Its ironic beacause other coal plants, wind plants, and nuclear plants all have their cons but no one is getting at them about it.
7. Not far, they doing a pretty good job to me.
Lydia MCcafferty
ReplyDelete1. The three companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy plant are the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, and Google.
2.The "Power Tower" works by absorbing the light reflected from the mirrors and then he towers turn it into electrical energy.
3.The US Fish and Wildlife Commission ask that BrightSource give a death toll per year.
4. BrightSource is offering to pay $1.8 million to compensate for the dead birds.
5. Yes, the government should have a say-so because the company will most likely try to accomplish its own interests without considering what is best for the wildlife and environment around it. The government can oversee what goes on in he company and make sure that everything is being done efficiently while also protecting the surrounding area.
6. The irony of this story is that BrightSource has the potential to create a great renewable resource that could help save the planet because it is "ecofriendly", when in reality it would kill the ecosystem around it.
7.Companies should go to great lengths to try and find a renewable resource, but not at the cost of the wildlife and its habitats.
London Williamson
ReplyDelete1. NGR Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and Audubon Society.
2. 300,000 large mirrors reflect solar rays off of three boiler towers, the water makes steam which turns turbines sending electricity to 140,000 homes.
3. That they give a death toll of birds for a year of operation.
4. $1.8 million.
5. In this case , yes, federal and local authorities should step in and have say-so in things going on when it is harmful to a living creature. It should not, however; have say-so in things that have no harm to the environment or living creatures.
6. The BrightSource Energy plant is worried about getting electricity in homes and its harming birds.
7. Companies should go as far as possible with out endangering animals or harming the environment.
Lizzie Walker
ReplyDelete1. California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, California, Google
2.Hundreds of thousands of mirrors reflect sunlight onto three boiler towers. Inside, water is produced to steam which operates turbines that give 140,000 houses electricity.
3. They wants a full death toll of birds that have died in factory for an entire year.
4. They are trying to come up with ways to scare them off, offering $1.8 million for anticipated death.
5. Yes, they should because the private owners of the company may only have their better interest in it, but the federal government has the country as a whole in mind; therefore, the federal government would stop a company that was having a negative impact on the community while the private owners would not stop because they want to make more profit.
6. The solar company is trying to do something goof for the economy, but by doing something good, an equally bad thing is occurring.
7. i think it is important that companies search for an alternative source of power that is not as bad for then environment as coal and oil and is more renewable.
Ken Garayanala
ReplyDelete1. California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, and Google.
2. The mirrors reflect solar rays onto boiler towers and the water inside is heated up to create steam for energy.
3. A full death toll of a year of operation.
4. They are offering $1.8 million in compensation.
5. Only if the company's activities are affecting themselves, in this case yes.
6. That solar panels are supposed to help the environment, but instead is hurting it.
7. Companies should still try and find a new energy source as sources are depleting, but there are still enough resources to last until then and that includes solar energy.
Harrison Armour
ReplyDelete1. BrightSource Energy, NRG Solar, and Google
2. Large mirrors reflect solar rays towards these boiler towers which heats up the water inside to produce steam which turns turbines to generate electricity.
3. A death toll of a full year of operation.
4. By offering $1.8 million dollars.
5. Yes, but if and only if there operation has a damaging affect on the environment around it and those that inhabit it.
6. Alternative energy is supposed to help the environment not harm it.
7. To where the surrounding environment is protected or remains the same, not damaging.
Morgan Fomera
ReplyDelete1.NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, and California Chapter of the Audubon Society
2. It is large mirrors that transfer the sunlight into energy that people can use.
3. They are demanding a death toll of birds for the year.
4. BrightSource gave 1.8 million dollars, and are thinking of relocating between Joshua Tree National Park and the California-Arizona border.
5. Yes, this is affecting the environment around them, when it affects other people and their environment the authorities should be able to step in for the people.
6.This is a program that is supposed to be helping people with better air, but the company and Wildlife Commission is only focused on the birds now.
7.The quest to find an alternative power source should never affect the environment or else it is a waste. The point of using alternative sources is to help the earth and not deplete it of the natural resources.
Adrianna Boyd
ReplyDelete1. Center for Biological Diversity Group, NRG Solar of Carlsbad California, and Audubon Society.
2. Generates the same way as power plants. It also creates high temperature.
3. They want a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. They are offering 1,8 million for anticipating bird deaths.
5. They shouldn't have a say so because the federal aren't funding and operating the Bright Source company. They are privately owned, funded, and operated.
6. The main irony in this story is that birds being killed are increasing.
7. Companies shouldn't try to find different sources of power to coil and oil. As in the article, when it comes to powering the country's diversity technology is critical.
Kalee Jones
ReplyDelete1. Center for Biological Diversity Environmental Group, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, and
Google
2. 30,000 garage door sized mirrors reflect solar rays onto three boiler towers each about 40 stories high. The water inside is heated to produce steam, that then turns turbines that generate through electricity for 140,000 homes.
3. A death toll for a full year operation
4. To build a mirror field and a another power tower ( about 75 stories) that reaches above the sand dunes and creeks between Joshua Tree National Park and the California-Arizona border.
5. Yes and no. it is their company that federal authorities should not get involved in, but also the company is killing birds and it needs to be stopped by someone, and the federal authorities want to step in for that reason especially if they are not apart of the government, they are just local federal authorities.
6. The main irony of this story is, the fact that the BrightSource company is trying to help out homes, but they are killing birds.
7. They should start looking and trying new thinks to see what works.
Maya Turner
ReplyDelete1. Google, NRG Solar, and Audubon society
2. Lots of large mirrors reflect the suns rays onto three large boiler towers which heat up and steam the water which causes enough power for the turbines to turn and generate electricity.
3. They demand a death toll for a full year of operation
4. They are offering $1.8 million in compensation
5. Yes because since they are killing animals then the government should have a say-so in what they're doing to reduce that number.
6. The irony is that they are trying to help the environment by the solar plants but in the process they are killing birds, a vital part of our atmosphere.
7. Companies should try to make their company for Eco-friendly but not to the point where you would harm your environment in doing so.
Clay Martin
ReplyDelete1. Brightsource, Google, and NRG Solar
2. the power tower energy system produces energy by using mirrors to reflect the suns rays, directed at a tower of water, this creates steam which turns turbines, therefore creating energy.
3. a death toll for the a year.
4. $1.8 million in compensation for anticipated bird deaths
5. yea
6. the main irony is that the authorities are only noticing that this kind of energy production is causing harm is because the affects are immediate, all of the types of energy production are harmful, but because their effects take longer to occur, they go more unnoticed.
7. they shouldnt
7.
Karen Otts
ReplyDelete1. NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, Ivanpah
2. Power towers are the big solar panels and mirrors that bring In the sun’s rays and turn the water into steam to power homes in the area
3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials say they want a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. They say at least some of the puffs of smoke are insects and bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays.
5. Yes the federal government should step in because if they are killing off wild life by 2 birds a minute they need to find a safer way to take care of the environment instead of killing birds in the process.
6. The company that is doing this is trying to help with air pollution and the environment instead they are killing off populations of birds that are flying over the harsh rays reflecting off the mirrors.
7. What they have now is an excellent way of eliminating air pollution but they do need to find a more safer method of producing a natural way to make power for the homes of the surrounding areas.
1. NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google, Ivanpah
ReplyDelete2. Power towers are the big solar panels and mirrors that bring In the sun’s rays and turn the water into steam to power homes in the area
3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials say they want a death toll for a full year of operation.
4. They say at least some of the puffs of smoke are insects and bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays.
5. Yes the federal government should step in because if they are killing off wild life by 2 birds a minute they need to find a safer way to take care of the environment instead of killing birds in the process.
6. The company that is doing this is trying to help with air pollution and the environment instead they are killing off populations of birds that are flying over the harsh rays reflecting off the mirrors.
7. What they have now is an excellent way of eliminating air pollution but they do need to find a more safer method of producing a natural way to make power for the homes of the surrounding areas.
Ella Neubert
ReplyDelete1. Brightsource energy plant in the Mojave Desert is co-owned by NGR Solar of Carlsbad, California, State-of-the-Art Solar Plant, and Google.
2. The "Power Tower" energy collection system is a $2.2 billion plant at dry lake near California-Nevada which is the worlds biggest plant.
3. US Fish and Wildlife commission demanded of the Brightsource Company a death toll for a full year of operation and to find a way to stop the killing the birds.
4. Brightsource is offering to offset and compensate for the vast number of dead birds by giving $1.8 million.
5. If the Brightsource Company is privately owned, funded, and operated, the local people and federal authorities should be able to step in and have a say-so in its day-to-day operations because they are disturbing their environment and it effects the people. Although if it does not effect the people then the people do not have a say-so.
6. The main irony is that the people want to keep the energy source but also want to keep the birds. The people do not realize they can not have the luxury of both or will either have to fix the problems.
7. Companies should take their quest as far as they like to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil as long as they know when to stop and are not putting things in danger.
Addie Melchior
ReplyDelete1. The three companies that co-own the BrightSource Energy plant are the NGR Solar of Energy, BrightSource Energy, and Google.
2. The Power Tower energy collection system consists of 300,000 mirrors that reflect solar rays onto three large boiler towers. The water inside these towers produces steam that causes turbines to turn which creates electricity that can power 140,000 homes.
3. They want to know the death toll for a year of the BrightSource energy plant's operations.
4. BrightSource is offering $1.8 million for the anticipated bird deaths.
5. I think that it depends. In this case, the federal authorities deserve to have a say because this energy plant affects many of its surroundings. Since this is a rather large company and it harmful to the wildlife around it the government deserves to be able to give their input on how they feel about it.
6. The main source of irony in this story is that the BrightSource energy plant was made to help the environment and be an efficient source of energy for people. Even though it was made to have a positive effect on the earth it is having a negative effect because it is killing the wildlife around the Mojave Desert.
7. I think that companies should be able to go as far as necessary to find alternative sources of power to coal and oil as long as it does not harm the environment or wildlife.
Cameron Stone
ReplyDeleteBrightSource Energy, NRG Solar, and Google co-own the plant.
The power tower system works by using mirror to focus light energy on water towers which heats up the water inside and turns it to steam which then spins a turbine to create electricity.
The US Fish and Wildlife Commission is demanding a death toll for a full year of operation.
BrightSource is offering to compensate by donating money to neuter cats which kill 1.8 billion birds a year.
The government should be able to intervene if it is knowingly putting animals at risk.
the irony is in the effort to stop using fossil fuels we are still putting the planet at risk.
companies should go as far as it takes to find an alternate energy source as long as it doesn't put other animals at risk.
Jaylin Jones
ReplyDelete1. California chapter of the Audubon Society, NRG Solar of Carlsbad, Google
2. The $2.2 billion plant near the California-Nevada border is the world's biggest "power plant."
3. They want a death toll for a full year.
4. BrightSource is donating $1.8 billion to neuter cats
5. I think in this situation that the federal authorities should work with the owner in solving the issue. They should not take over the company unless they buy it from its owner, but compromise with him.
6. The irony is by trying to be resourceful and help the environment, BrightSource is actually hurting it.
7. They need to find the balance where there is not a lot of pollution but not harmful to the environment.