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>exception with the hydro and should stop rubbing it in all the discussions. True, and it's not a exception, but geographically "luck", without mountains and t

by nix23 5y ago

>exception with the hydro and should stop rubbing it in all the discussions. True, and it's not a exception, but geographically "luck", without mountains and the glaciers that comes with them, Switzerland would be as dry as Turkmenistan. It's just a matter of commonsense to use those altitude differences and water....but when all our glaciers are molten away, we for sure have to go back to nuclear-power.

immmmmm 5y ago
agreed. we are doing hydro because of mountains AND lack of coal. > but when all our glaciers are molten away, we for sure have to go back to nuclear-power. this is inaccurate. you might want to go read more literature related to ice melting and energy transition.
- nix23 5y ago
  No snow = no glaciers grow = not water in our alps, it's not that hard to understand: https://www.thelocal.ch/20170217/swiss-study-snow-to-largely-disappear-from-alps-by-2100/ https://www.thelocal.ch/20170217/swiss-study-snow-to-largely... https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/no-glaciers-no-water.html https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/no-... >In an initial phase, climate change will actually cause the runoff to increase, as water stored as ice is released. However, if the glacier becomes too small, it will reach a tipping point, which we call “peak water”. >Our study highlights the “hot spots” where retreating glaciers will cause water shortages in future. But hey maybe you know some other mysterious ways water is stored in in mountains.
  - stolsvik 5y ago
    Lakes?
    - nix23 5y ago
      Sorry to tell you but there are not many lakes in the Maintains, and they are often fed through snow and water-sources from glaciers/snow-fields, from higher above. And there is not a single lake in the mountains with nearly the size/mass of a single glacier.

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>exception with the hydro and should stop rubbing it in all the discussions. True, and it's not a exception, but geographically "luck", without mountains and t

by nix23 5y ago

immmmmm 5y ago
agreed. we are doing hydro because of mountains AND lack of coal. > but when all our glaciers are molten away, we for sure have to go back to nuclear-power. this is inaccurate. you might want to go read more literature related to ice melting and energy transition.
- nix23 5y ago
  No snow = no glaciers grow = not water in our alps, it's not that hard to understand: https://www.thelocal.ch/20170217/swiss-study-snow-to-largely-disappear-from-alps-by-2100/ https://www.thelocal.ch/20170217/swiss-study-snow-to-largely... https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/no-glaciers-no-water.html https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2018/02/no-... >In an initial phase, climate change will actually cause the runoff to increase, as water stored as ice is released. However, if the glacier becomes too small, it will reach a tipping point, which we call “peak water”. >Our study highlights the “hot spots” where retreating glaciers will cause water shortages in future. But hey maybe you know some other mysterious ways water is stored in in mountains.
  - stolsvik 5y ago
    Lakes?
    - nix23 5y ago
      Sorry to tell you but there are not many lakes in the Maintains, and they are often fed through snow and water-sources from glaciers/snow-fields, from higher above. And there is not a single lake in the mountains with nearly the size/mass of a single glacier.