• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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    A hydro reservoir has much higher evaporation than if there was no reservoir. That’s usually a big part of the discussion when a downstream nation objects against another nation building a dam upstream from them.

    Depending on the source, nuclear uses a bit more/a bit less water than coal. But they are in the same order of magnitude.

    Source: https://visualizingenergy.org/what-methods-of-electricity-generation-use-the-most-water/

    Ps: biomass power generation is a crime against nature.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      A hydro reservoir has much higher evaporation than if there was no reservoir.

      oh, I wasn’t aware of that, makes sense.

      Ps: biomass power generation is a crime against nature.

      why, what’s the problem with that?

      edit: just opened the page to see the stats better, and yeah, I see now