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You should note that this is more than a theoretical concern. The world spent months fretting about Mosul dam in Iraq, not that many years ago: https://www.alj
by timr 4y ago
You should note that this is more than a theoretical concern. The world spent months fretting about Mosul dam in Iraq, not that many years ago:
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/12/11/mosul-dam-collapse-will-be-worse-than-a-nuclear-bomb https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/12/11/mosul-dam-coll...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/a-bigger-problem-than-isis https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/02/a-bigger-probl...
Until we live in a world where we can micro-generate terawatts of power on a fully distributed, dynamic electrical grid -- if that's even possible -- the only practical technologies we have for satisfying our hunger for energy involve concentrated areas of high potential energy. Big energy, big target.