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Hydropower is actually not so nice when you take into account that it's the reason that many fish species are on the brink of extinction. That's in Europe at le
by ofrzeta 7y ago
Hydropower is actually not so nice when you take into account that it's the reason that many fish species are on the brink of extinction. That's in Europe at least but it seems that it's also a problem in the US, see https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gvm7vq/power-plants-are-boiling-salmon-trout-and-sturgeon-alive https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gvm7vq/power-plants-are-b...
- AstralStorm 7y agoIt will also start to have problems as temperature further increases, requiring fully closed storage systems rather than current use of rivers and aquifers. That changes economics a lot.