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Re: Hydro Electric Power As a Viable Alternative?
Hydro Electric Power As a Viable Alternative? By: Johnny (10 replies) Thu, 04/12/2007 - 10:07
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Re: Hydro Electric Power As a Viable Alternative?
I just read a very good book from the library. It was (The Citizen-Powered Energy handbook) . There were many good facts in it. The most amazing one I read was there are over 80,000 hydro dams in the USA but only 2,400 are used for power. Why not start using more of them for power. It seems many used to produce power but large utilities didn't want to be bothered with the small ones.
I wonder if they would lease them to some smaller enterprising companies that may want to bother. I'd love to have a home near one of these too small to bother with locations. Maybe it could only provide energy for a few hundred homes. That could be very green and pay for itself.
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