Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable?

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.

Dikes are a technology older than writing.

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