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Dam reservoirs can reach a pretty massive volume. The Hoover dam holds 35.000 km^2 of water (that's 35 billion tons if I'm not mistaken) according to Wikipedia.
by cubefox 3y ago
Dam reservoirs can reach a pretty massive volume. The Hoover dam holds 35.000 km^2 of water (that's 35 billion tons if I'm not mistaken) according to Wikipedia. I'm not sure how much of that can be raised by how much.
- AndrewDucker 3y agoOh yeah, water works well, because you can raise it very efficiently. It's a very well worked through technology. Moving billions of tons of concrete vertically is a lot harder. (Most dams also supply their own water. Hydro storage is trickier, and needs you to build pumping systems, and sometimes to hollow out mountains)