Daily Archive: April 7, 2017

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

Interesting Wikipedia article describing this 400MW facility. Natural gas is used to power the plant thus this facility is a greenhouse gas producer; however the power output per unit of natural gas consumed is 4x higher than of traditional natural gas power plants. Sadly, the intense reflections off the mirrors fry approximately 3500 birds annually. Note also the 2 solar...

What is that thing? Victorville Landfill Solar Array

Out on the edge of Victorville is an interesting structure that I learned is a Sanitary Landfill. It’s oddly placed – right at the edge of the freeway rather than behind one of the hills. Maybe BLM wouldn’t allow this and thus they could only build on county land that was fronting the freeway. Even more interesting is the fact...

Waba Grill (Temecula)

The definition of the word Cruciferous is “bits stuck between your teeth.” Waba Grill’s Kale Salad is not too bad. The Kale is chopped into small pieces which  makes it easy to eat (why can’t they do that with broccoli) but the cabbage slivers were too big/long and were a little brown on the edges. The Salmon was fresh but...