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That’s a non sequitur. I never said hydro wasn’t renewable. I said it wasn’t clean. Most people think of hydro as renewable and low carbon and clean. Two are t
by forrestthewoods 3y ago
That’s a non sequitur.
I never said hydro wasn’t renewable. I said it wasn’t clean. Most people think of hydro as renewable and low carbon and clean. Two are true, one is false. Hydro is dirty and, imho, we should phase it out the same way we should phase coal out.
Nuclear isn’t renewable by most definitions. But it is low carbon and clean.
Nuclear was good 40 years ago. Solar is getting good. Wind I don’t know much about. Hydro is an ok bootstrap but is much dirtier and more problematic than most people realize.
- Manuel_D 3y agoHydro is indeed clean in that it does not emit greenhouse gases. Sure, it disrupts life around the dammed waterway. But that's way less of an impact than climate change.
- therealdrag0 3y agoHydro emits huge amounts of GHG when flooded organic matter decomposes btw.
- Manuel_D 3y agoThis is a one-time overhead emission, and I doubt it's "huge" compared to even a small amount of fossil fuel use.
- therealdrag0 3y agoIn comparison to FF it’s small of course. But it’s billions of tons, globally more than Germany’s footprint. Which is larger than most peoples assumptions, hence the “huge”.