Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable?

Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by kennend3 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @05:47PM (#33364490)

At the end of the day, the real issue is "NIMBY".

Solar - sure we will protest that:

Wind - yep... people will protest that:

Nuclear? Of course:

So.. when those people go home, what do they think powers the lights?

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by pclmulqdq on Thursday October 27, 2022 @07:39PM (#33365549)

Different people protest each thing. The only thing nobody is protesting is natural gas, which is green in Germany.

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Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable? by cinntaile on Friday October 28, 2022 @04:25AM (#33368946)

This is not true. People protest against everything, gas is no exception. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/germany-lng-energy-crisis-1.65...

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