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> Solar and wind are great when it’s sunny or windy. We need dams for green energy the rest of the time. Dams rely on rainfall and snowmelt to generate power.
by kibwen 3y ago
> Solar and wind are great when it’s sunny or windy. We need dams for green energy the rest of the time.
Dams rely on rainfall and snowmelt to generate power. They are not magically immune from yearly or seasonal variance, and in fact they are quite susceptible to climate change as precipitation patterns shift.