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This is not related to skiing, but assuming there is less snow overall, it seems there is a point where will need to "generate" snow anyway to store water for s
by seren 7y ago
This is not related to skiing, but assuming there is less snow overall, it seems there is a point where will need to "generate" snow anyway to store water for spring/summer, this is probably still cheaper that building dam/reserve everywhere.
- gwbas1c 7y agoMaking snow takes energy. (Basically, you need to spray a mist at high pressure, which includes pumping both water and air.) Dams don't use energy once they're built. Hydropower is renewable and carbon-free. Furthermore, if you're making snow to store water, you can't control when it melts, and you need to collect the water as it melts, most likely behind some kind of a dam!
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoAhem! https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dam+methane https://duckduckgo.com/?q=dam+methane
- __initbrian__ 7y agoInteresting. So the dammed water grows more algae than a moving river which leads to methane release (from the decaying algae?) " “We were surprised to find that the biological productivity of the reservoir (i.e. how many 'nutrients' like nitrogen and phosphorus the reservoir receives and the associated degree of algae growth) is a better predictor of emissions than is latitude. So, the most biologically productive reservoirs are producing the most methane,” writes Bridget Deemer, the study’s first author "
- ptah 7y agoyou can store water in water table instead
- speed_spread 7y agoThis also makes it easier to process it in Excel afterward.