▲ 108 ▼ What do hexbears think about pumped hydropower storage? (hexbear.net) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TankieTanuki@hexbear.net to c/science@hexbear.net 108 comments fedilink hide all child comments To make solar power viable, we need a solution for overnight energy storage. Batteries are complicated. Do you know what isn't? Water go up.
[–] trompete@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Austria has 23 of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ausgezeichnet! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sausage@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago We also have more than enough water for it and mountains the problem is there is usually a backlash against building them so it’s not always easy to get them built. A local lake has also experienced a drop in fish population due to the increased sediment that was caused while building. All these solutions are cool but there are always downsides as well don’t expect magic techno fixes for climate change the easiest thing we could do is change our behaviour, but try telling an Austrian they can’t have schnitzel and see what happens, this is all coming from a guilty ex vegetarian. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ausgezeichnet! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sausage@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago We also have more than enough water for it and mountains the problem is there is usually a backlash against building them so it’s not always easy to get them built. A local lake has also experienced a drop in fish population due to the increased sediment that was caused while building. All these solutions are cool but there are always downsides as well don’t expect magic techno fixes for climate change the easiest thing we could do is change our behaviour, but try telling an Austrian they can’t have schnitzel and see what happens, this is all coming from a guilty ex vegetarian. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sausage@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago We also have more than enough water for it and mountains the problem is there is usually a backlash against building them so it’s not always easy to get them built. A local lake has also experienced a drop in fish population due to the increased sediment that was caused while building. All these solutions are cool but there are always downsides as well don’t expect magic techno fixes for climate change the easiest thing we could do is change our behaviour, but try telling an Austrian they can’t have schnitzel and see what happens, this is all coming from a guilty ex vegetarian. permalink fedilink source parent