Re: A Republican!!!!!! (was Re: OT: sponge burning!)

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:36:10 -0600, Ron wrote in message 
<[🔎] 45E61FFA.9070508@cox.net>:

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> On 02/28/07 12:58, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> > On 27 Feb, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > 
> >>> It's not stupid if you haven't been there.
> >> I thought you were smarter than that.
> >>
> >> Presuming you're not:
> >>
> >> Mountains and valleys (great for filling up with dammed water) are
> >> the predominant geological feature of the areas of the Columbia and
> >> Snake rivers where those hydro dams are located.
> >>
> >> Mountains and valleys are *not* the predominant geological feature
> >> of the Great Plains states, or those uber-mountainous states like
> >> Louisiana and Mississippi.
> >>
> > 
> >      But there are turbines which are designed to extract energy
> > from the flow of a river without the need of significant height 
> > gradients.  And tidewater generators don't rely on any (land)
> > topography, so the question is not entirely unreasonable.
> 
> Taking energy out of the river means it slows down, depositing more
> silt, and in unexpected places.  Which means impaired ship
> navigation and more dredging.
> 
> And in the spring flood stages, a slower river means more floods.

..and more water going into the soil to replenish the ground water 
you have pumped out for farmland irrigation.

-- 
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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