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by TheSpiceIsLife 147 days ago
Effectively all renewables.

When was the last time a new dam and hydro electric power plant was built in your country?

Either all of the favourable geography has already been dammed, or good luck getting environmental approval.

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Alas, this is absolutely right. It's trivial to find places to put hydropower using global elevation data and GIS tools, but almost all of the good ones are already either being exploited, or in the process of being readied for use, or facing barriers such as the side-effect of destroying cities or heritage sites.