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scscholar

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1. Pumped-storage hydropower is just evil

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 06:09 PM

May 2016

I'm glad we're tearing down four more hydroelectric dams in the NW, as I read about here on April 7th, and the plan for another pumped-storage dam was abandoned.

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Pumped-storage hydropower is just evil scscholar May 2016 #1

Might you explain why dumbcat May 2016 #2

Not all pump-storage generation requires a dam... NeoGreen May 2016 #3

These are the sorts of schemes that make nuclear power look reasonable. hunter May 2016 #4