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		greedo on Oct 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is hydroelectricity unfashionable? Unfortunately that rules out a lot of the US Midwest, where coal is a huge source of electricity generation.

Animats on Oct 27, 2022 [–]

That's the US wind belt - the Texas panhandle north to Canada, and east into Illinois.[1]

[1] https://www.kgou.org/energy/2013-09-03/oklahomas-wind-energy...

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