'Tis such a shame no one gives Austin Energy credi...

2008-04-15T03:21:00.000-05:00

'Tis such a shame no one gives Austin Energy credit for its' investment in hydraulic power...that's a form of solar energy that is deposited whenever water vapor falls as rain. Three big hydroelectric dams provide an important source of continuous energy to the city grid, when the wind in Sweetwater isn't blowing and the sun isn't shining.

Admittedly, there are practical limits to how much hydroelectricity can be tapped, which limits expansion of the medium...but it should be recognized that such limits also exist for photovoltaic and wind energy. Just as we can only build dams where there's whitewater...we can only pack windmills onto the planet's surface until they begin to interfere with one another. So it is erroneous to assert that hydropower is less "green", or that wind and solar power are "limitless". And few people want to admit that there were conservation-minded thinkers before Lenin's birthday, 1970...but they existed, and they opted to build dams instead of steam engines that burn fossil fuel. Some of them inhabited Austin, and built three wonderful man-made lakes that keep renewable energy moving through the city.

This is awesome news.

2008-04-03T00:21:00.000-05:00

This is awesome news.

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'Tis such a shame no one gives Austin Energy credi...

This is awesome news.