> A common misconception is that hydroelectricity has the advantage over other renewables of requiring less land. Is this really a common misconception? Has no

> A common misconception is that hydroelectricity has the advantage over other renewables of requiring less land. Is this really a common misconception? Has no one ever seen a dam? I can't think of any other form of energy production whose sole requirement is massive amounts of land to flood. Brazil's debate on hydroelectric dams (and we have a lot of them) are solely bound on the flood areas and environment/habitat destruction they cause. I really doubt that's a common misconception.