Pumped Storage for Hoover Dam?

[Soaring Eagle 74]

Seems like a perfect fit for wind and solar. Store the energy and sell electricity during peak demand when it brings much higher prices.

I’ve wondered why this idea hasn’t been more prominently considered; it is just common sense.

Maybe it’s because dams aren’t necessarily seen as environmentally friendly. See the link and note the cost of solar.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/ww...-chapter/Large Scale Hydropower One Pager.pdf

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Seems like a perfect fit for wind and solar. Store the energy and sell electricity during peak demand when it brings much higher prices.

I’ve wondered why this idea hasn’t been more prominently considered; it is just common sense.

Maybe it’s because dams aren’t necessarily seen as environmentally friendly. See the link and note the cost of solar.

https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/www.sierraclub.org/files/sce/massachusetts-chapter/Large Scale Hydropower One Pager.pdf

Sierra Club? Good lord.

 

[Soaring Eagle 74]

Sierra Club? Good lord.

If you had read the web page, which you obviously didn’t, you’d see groups like the Sierra Club are working against even green energy options, not just coal.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

If you had read the web page, which you obviously didn’t, you’d see groups like the Sierra Club are working against even green energy options, not just coal.

You’re correct. I’m not clicking on a Sierra Club link. They’re the Alex Jones of the environmentalists.

 

[moe]

The $3 Billion Plan to Turn Hoover Dam Into a Giant Battery
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...-environment/hoover-dam-renewable-energy.html

 

[Soaring Eagle 74]

You’re correct. I’m not clicking on a Sierra Club link. They’re the Alex Jones of the environmentalists.

Very Trumpian of you!

Reading is a very over-rated skill. Intuition Trumps knowledge.

 

[bornaneer]

Does the Sierra Club have a chapter in China? Are you aware that China is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Very Trumpian of you!

Reading is a very over-rated skill. Intuition Trumps knowledge.

Hahaha peddle your nonsense elsewhere.