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>at least once your country's hydro resources are fully tapped. Which is not the case almost anywhere.
by idiotsecant 3y ago
>at least once your country's hydro resources are fully tapped.
Which is not the case almost anywhere.
- monsecchris 3y agoHydro is the most commercially viable, so if you have a few locations in mind please do share as I would like to begin investing.
- idiotsecant 3y agoI could give you dozens in my corner of the country alone. I am in fact an engineer who specializes in control systems for hydroelectric plants so you could imagine I have a passing interest in the subject. New hydro is practically impossible to build not because we're out of suitable sites, but because permitting is a political impossibility.
- aftbit 3y agoThere are other environmental and practical concerns with hydro. Building the required reservoir destroys a lot of habitat. You can't site them just anywhere you want, but are beholden to local topography. Power production competes with other human and natural uses for limited water resources. Dams make a heck of a target for an enemy military as well. Hydro is great reliable simple baseload power, but not perfect.