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On Electricity (Generation)
Engineer-Poet wrote a piece a few months back that focuses on electricity production; or rather how or what we will need to do to keep pace with people's demands while balancing that with environmental and economic impact. Lengthy but well-reasoned and good reading.
bzzzt wrong.
Flooding land around a dam releases 1,000,000's of tonnes of CO2 in biomass decay. It takes 20 years for it to stop rotting. The Hoover dam is the only exception, it was in a desert.
Solution (I say again) is industrial alge farms. Best photocells ever made. And they produce 50% oil by mass. Burns in a Diesel-type engine. Produces power, torque, and can be used from home heating oil. All they need is CO2, sun, (salt-)water, dirt and shit. But people don't listen to good ideas like that/