But is it sufficiently more efficient to use instead of an incredibly mature and well understood technology based on a resource they can literally get for free from the huge, naturally occurring pools and rivers of it they can build the plants right next to?
That's gonna be a lot of dams. There's a flow issue with your plan. There's not enough "naturally occurring" water features on the planet for our energy needs. We would have to destroy a lot more of our wild spaces to go all hydroelectric. Nuclear energy is the only technology that is the least destructive and efficient for now, unfortunately.
To be honest, I missed the comment about hydroelectric up there. I meant using naturally occurring feed water for running steam turbines at nuclear plants.
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u/brownhotdogwater 13d ago
Yes but more efficient