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sidewndr46 on Oct 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is hydroelectricity unfashionable?

So at that point why use a river? Couldn't you just use ocean water? It's comparatively "free" and we aren't going to run out anytime soon.

BurningFrog on Oct 28, 2022 [–]

With a high enough plateau near an ocean, that should work.

I think those places are really rare though.

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