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by masklinn 356 days ago
That’s because hydro does not deserve credit: if you can do hydro you already do because it’s cheap and reliable, and if you can’t do hydro that’s it. It is thus of next to no interest. Same with geothermal heating.
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No, they deserve credit. Otherwise protestors get the upper hand and get the dams decommissioned.

If you downplay the right thing, the wrong thing for energy gets selected for other reasons.

It's almost like valuing an ecosystem is worthwhile or something like that.
Valid point.