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Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black... by FredPret on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:09AM (#28391591)
That China has a lot of consumption is neither here nor there. My point is that they would have to build one hundred of these dams which is clearly totally impractical.
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Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black... by sasfasaf on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:17AM (#28391658)
I'm not arguing that 3GD wasn't stupid, just that it generates an insane amount of power.

Either way, no more of them will be built - there are not many more gorges like that left.

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Re:California to open five natural gas plants to avoid black... by FredPret on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:30PM (#28394100)
That’s my whole point. We can’t power the planet with hydro, nor should we try.

We need heavy-duty nuclear plants for base load, solar for daytime peaks, and probably some natural gas here and there

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