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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by whatshisface on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:29PM (#33362774)
It is a good thing then that nature has already done the excavation for us by providing high and low spots.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by jjk166 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:50PM (#33363065)
Yep, now we just need to excavate the reservoirs on those high and low spots, a mere 100% of the work required.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by brianwawok on Thursday October 27, 2022 @10:59PM (#33367089)
This is nonsense. We have lakes already. We don’t dig two giant holes in rock. Look at real work pumped storage costs.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by int_19h on Friday October 28, 2022 @12:23AM (#33367661)
That's the "geographically dependent" part.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by pencilguin on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:12AM (#33368223)
Except, not.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by int_19h on Friday October 28, 2022 @05:06PM (#33377920)
Lakes aren't geographically dependent?
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by pencilguin on Friday October 28, 2022 @06:56PM (#33379016)
Don't need any lakes.
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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by int_19h on Sunday October 30, 2022 @12:27AM (#33391083)
Mind the thread context.

"This is nonsense. We have lakes already."

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by pencilguin on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:11AM (#33368220)
Maybe you could read up, instead of guessing.

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