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Why is it not relevant if growth of hydropower output has ceased? That seems like a perfectly relevant thing to point out.
by FDSGSG 5y ago
Why is it not relevant if growth of hydropower output has ceased? That seems like a perfectly relevant thing to point out.
- guerrilla 5y agoNothing has changed about the actual output of hydro power since the 80s. It wasn't growing to begin with, so it's definitely not a cause of very recent price increases.
- Jensson 5y agoPopulation grew by 25% since 1980 though, so now each person has on average 20% less hydro power if it stayed the same.
- guerrilla 5y agoNo, that's wrong. If you actually look at the graph and my comment, you'll see that consumption did not in fact increase much at all in that time and slightly decreased recently.
- moogly 5y agoSweden stopped expanding the exploitation of that natural resource in the 1960s. Most of it has been exploited already, but I think there is one additional river that could be utilized, but the plan to do that was shot down in 1970. With today's more rigorous environmental policies, constructing more hydro power seems infeasible due to the adverse effects on wildlife diversity.