Subj : Re: Forget a hosepipe ban - U
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Rug Rat
Date : Thu Aug 21 2025 18:56:02

On Thu 21-Aug-2025  8:08a, Rob Mccart@1:2320/105.0 said to Rug Rat:

RM> Also, there are lots of power plants that use water driven turbines
RM> without heat, so much of that here that our power company is called
RM> Ontario Hydro (or Hydro One).

Not sure about Canada, but in the US I can not think of any new dam projects being approved anywhere, as there has been a big enviromental backlash with the destruction of natural habitates creating the lake.  Not to mention that in projects such as the Colorado River, the generation of electricity has always been secondary or tertiary.  1) Water and irrigation needs for desert communities such as Las Vegas, California, etc. 2) Flood Control, 3) Power Generation.  Which in the case of the Colorado River, the water level is too low to generate power most of the time.  So much of the load is still provided from conventional plants.

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