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Hydro's problem (along with wind and solar) is transmission requirements. Not everyone lives near a location where hydro is feasible. It's also not particularl
by karlshea 11y ago
Hydro's problem (along with wind and solar) is transmission requirements. Not everyone lives near a location where hydro is feasible.
It's also not particularly environmentally friendly to dam rivers everywhere.
Some of the wave-action stuff is interesting, but you've obviously got to be near a large body of water for that to work.
- thrownaway2424 11y agoHydro doesn't have to be large scale. If you can have small-scale wind and solar, you can have small-scale pumped storage, too.
- karlshea 11y agoSure, it doesn't have to be large scale. But you brought it up as a replacement for base load nuclear, which small-scale pumped storage isn't going to do.