Solar Power Company Wants To Make Up For Frying Birds By Neutering Cats

Adam Clark Estes, Gizmodo
Mon, 08/18/2014 - 8:16am

A few months ago, Sploid reported on an unsettling consequence of running the world's largest solar plant. The 350,000 mirrors bounce sunlight back towards the atmosphere with such intensity that it basically creates a giant death ray. The poor little birds that pass by don't stand a chance—they get scorched in midair.

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