It's staggering that a region which built its wealth on hydroelectric mills is now importing energy in the first place, let alone that the hysterical level of NIMBYism here is interfering with those imports https://twitter.com/urbanophile/status/967097701321117696 …
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Probably not much, because hydro potential in Massachusetts has to be divided by a high population density. It's not Sweden or Canada.
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State population is around 6 million
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And state land area is 20,000 km^2, hence high population density.
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Compared to Sweden and Canada
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Yes. The European countries with Massachusetts' density don't have much hydro power. You need to be wet and empty.
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If you want to rely solely on hydro and have a surplus for export, sure, but the aforementioned countries still use some, yes?
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If you can't tell this is my first time exploring the topic, but it looks like there's plenty of precedent for small-scale hydropower; what's the harm in proliferating these in MA? It's clean, doesn't alter the landscape much, etc...pic.twitter.com/37Vj9Cpz4N
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There is precedent of converting older industrial dams into modern hydro power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Power_House …
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