Thursday, July 30, 2009

Run-of-river "for profit" gets a kick in the bag


Oh goodness me, hard to believe.

The idea that we could produce self-sufficiency in hydro-electric power gets whacked?

Stunning.

Except, as our own Alison explains, it had diddly squat to do with self-sufficiency.

Oh yes, you thought "run-of-river" hydro power was a little flume-stock on a creek. Not likely. This is a major dam, on a major river, and if they don't get the water they need, they hold it back.

The graphic above is a run-of-river project. Omigod! That looks like a dam!

There ya go princess.

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