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> hydro is the only renewable power source that is weather-independent.

Geothermal and biomass are also weather-independent, in addition to the long-term drought possibility that justinator mentioned.




Geothermal has its own shares of risks (crossing waterways in the ground can lead to contamination and the drilling can cause earthquakes, http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/erdwaerme-in-deutschland-erdbe...), and biomass fouling towers look ugly, stink and the cow manure (or whatever is to be used as fuel) has to be transported.




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