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0xbadcafebee
on May 9, 2022
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U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colora...
Time to plan the end of hydro in Western states. Power can come from the sun (there's a
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of sunny land in the West) rather than hydro. We need that water for drinking and sanitation, with ag coming a distant third [in terms of human survival].
wswope
on May 9, 2022
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Are you claiming that hydroelectric generation leads to loss of water somehow? Or just that the reservoirs should be drained?
wswope
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Update with some papers I found for anyone else curious:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.06.067
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/59
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