On 27 Feb, Ron Johnson wrote:
>>
>> It's not stupid if you haven't been there.
>
> I thought you were smarter than that.
>
> Presuming you're not:
>
> Mountains and valleys (great for filling up with dammed water) are
> the predominant geological feature of the areas of the Columbia and
> Snake rivers where those hydro dams are located.
>
> Mountains and valleys are *not* the predominant geological feature
> of the Great Plains states, or those uber-mountainous states like
> Louisiana and Mississippi.
>
But there are turbines which are designed to extract energy
from the flow of a river without the need of significant height
gradients. And tidewater generators don't rely on any (land)
topography, so the question is not entirely unreasonable.
-Chris
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