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The unpleasantly "sizzling" side of solar energy

August 21, 2014 | By DAMIEN SCHIFF

Fox News reports that federal wildlife officials, as well as the Center for Biological Diversity, want to put a hold on the much ballyhooed Ivanpah Solar Plant in California’s Mojave Desert, owing to a rash of bird deaths.  Apparently, the reflection from the solar panels is so intense that it incinerates birds that fly over … ...

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Solar panels : an environmentalist luxury

July 23, 2011 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author:  Damien M. Schiff This month's Wired Magazine has an interesting interview with Microsoft founder Bill Gates.  Gates is asked about his views on renewable energy and technology.  He observes that the problem with, for example, solar panels is that they have become more a symbol for a polic ...