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Time to plan the end of hydro in Western states. Power can come from the sun (there's a lot of sunny land in the West) rather than hydro. We need that water for
by 0xbadcafebee 5y ago
Time to plan the end of hydro in Western states. Power can come from the sun (there's a lot of sunny land in the West) rather than hydro. We need that water for drinking and sanitation, with ag coming a distant third [in terms of human survival].
- wswope 5y agoAre you claiming that hydroelectric generation leads to loss of water somehow? Or just that the reservoirs should be drained?
- wswope 5y agoUpdate with some papers I found for anyone else curious: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.067 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.067 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/59 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/59