โฒ 240 โผ Germany just switched on 124 nearly invisible turbines in the Rhine that keep generating after the sun sets and the wind dies โ the one gap solar and wind never could close (www.autonocion.com) submitted 1 month ago by Pip@feddit.org to c/europe@feddit.org 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) Also probably not useful in a decade because Europe is drying out. We're seeing droughts hitherto unfathomable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 month ago (1 child) We're gonna get more rain in the winter and less in the summer according to a climate scientist that I follow on bsky. This is a good project even if our summers are getting drier. The sooner we leave fossil fuels behind, the better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) It's not just about the missing summer rain, but about the glaciers vanishing. The Rhine comes from the Swiss alps. We'll get torrential rainfalls and then droughts. What I mean to say is instead of a nice constant water flow we'll have way too much, then way too little. Climate change is such a bitch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) Build a dam where the glaciers were? Also doesn't desroy much there, unlike dams further down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Won't work because the rainfall won't only happen where the glaciers were, so you would need several dams all the way up and down the rivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] OhmeHose@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago Won't work, not only because what the other dude said. But also because the alps are getting unstable. The permafrost keeping the mountain tops glued together is slowly melting away, making mud slides and other unpleasant sudden destruction events likelier every year. If you wanna go ski in the alps do it soon, they will change their looks in the next decade(s). permalink fedilink source parent [โ] leagman1@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago Thou preachest! permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] stiephelando@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 month ago (1 child) We're gonna get more rain in the winter and less in the summer according to a climate scientist that I follow on bsky. This is a good project even if our summers are getting drier. The sooner we leave fossil fuels behind, the better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) It's not just about the missing summer rain, but about the glaciers vanishing. The Rhine comes from the Swiss alps. We'll get torrential rainfalls and then droughts. What I mean to say is instead of a nice constant water flow we'll have way too much, then way too little. Climate change is such a bitch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) Build a dam where the glaciers were? Also doesn't desroy much there, unlike dams further down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Won't work because the rainfall won't only happen where the glaciers were, so you would need several dams all the way up and down the rivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] OhmeHose@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago Won't work, not only because what the other dude said. But also because the alps are getting unstable. The permafrost keeping the mountain tops glued together is slowly melting away, making mud slides and other unpleasant sudden destruction events likelier every year. If you wanna go ski in the alps do it soon, they will change their looks in the next decade(s). permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child) It's not just about the missing summer rain, but about the glaciers vanishing. The Rhine comes from the Swiss alps. We'll get torrential rainfalls and then droughts. What I mean to say is instead of a nice constant water flow we'll have way too much, then way too little. Climate change is such a bitch. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) Build a dam where the glaciers were? Also doesn't desroy much there, unlike dams further down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Won't work because the rainfall won't only happen where the glaciers were, so you would need several dams all the way up and down the rivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] OhmeHose@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago Won't work, not only because what the other dude said. But also because the alps are getting unstable. The permafrost keeping the mountain tops glued together is slowly melting away, making mud slides and other unpleasant sudden destruction events likelier every year. If you wanna go ski in the alps do it soon, they will change their looks in the next decade(s). permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago (2 children) Build a dam where the glaciers were? Also doesn't desroy much there, unlike dams further down. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Won't work because the rainfall won't only happen where the glaciers were, so you would need several dams all the way up and down the rivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] OhmeHose@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago Won't work, not only because what the other dude said. But also because the alps are getting unstable. The permafrost keeping the mountain tops glued together is slowly melting away, making mud slides and other unpleasant sudden destruction events likelier every year. If you wanna go ski in the alps do it soon, they will change their looks in the next decade(s). permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Muehe@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago (1 child) Won't work because the rainfall won't only happen where the glaciers were, so you would need several dams all the way up and down the rivers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 child) Oh, right. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago Also the mountains are thawing, becoming unstable, so no building. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] OhmeHose@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago Won't work, not only because what the other dude said. But also because the alps are getting unstable. The permafrost keeping the mountain tops glued together is slowly melting away, making mud slides and other unpleasant sudden destruction events likelier every year. If you wanna go ski in the alps do it soon, they will change their looks in the next decade(s). permalink fedilink source parent