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		insane_dreamer on Oct 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is hydroelectricity unfashionable? Nice find! Most interesting is to see potential in Africa and Asia/Pacific, where there is the greatest need for clean energy as consumption grows as a result of both population growth and industrialization.

dottedmag on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

Not so rosy for Asia: northern Asian Russian rivers that comprise a sizable chunk of the potential are very far from any inhabited places.

I don't know where Chinese rivers with untapped potential are located, but I'd guess they are in Tibet.

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