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envoked parent
I feel like Washington state doesn’t get enough credit. 72%+ from renewables and water reservoirs are the original grid scale battery.
masklinn
That’s because hydro does not deserve credit: if you can do hydro you already do because it’s cheap and reliable, and if you can’t do hydro that’s it. It is thus of next to no interest. Same with geothermal heating.
kortilla
No, they deserve credit. Otherwise protestors get the upper hand and get the dams decommissioned.

If you downplay the right thing, the wrong thing for energy gets selected for other reasons.

sidewndr46
It's almost like valuing an ecosystem is worthwhile or something like that.
envoked OP
Valid point.
bpodgursky
Washington is actively tearing down dams for salmon runs.

All their hydro was built 60 years ago, by the federal government. The state deserves absolutely no credit.

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