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Aren't many energy intensive processes like aluminum smelting and Bitcoin mining already relying on low cost hydroelectric power.
by s0rce 9y ago
Aren't many energy intensive processes like aluminum smelting and Bitcoin mining already relying on low cost hydroelectric power.
- virmundi 9y agoGeneral argument is that we're running out of those due to either natural processes or political processes. We aren't making new dams due to environmental concerns. We aren't even creating dams as a means to sustain California. Instead, we shunt that water to the sea. Add to this a desertification due to global climate change, and you're needing to look elsewhere for power.