> Ron Johnson wrote: > >> On 02/26/07 14:38, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> Stephen wrote: >>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:34:12AM -0600 or thereabouts, Kent West >>>> wrote: >>>>> Ron Johnson wrote: >> [snip] >>> How many hydro dams are on the Mississippi, anyway? It would be a >>> waste >>> to be using coal or nuclear if there's a large, year round body of >>> water >>> subject to downhill flow. The pacific northwest and California gets >>> the >>> vast majority of it's electric from the Columbia and Snake rivers. >> >> The vast stupidity of that question is beyond scope. > > It's not stupid if you haven't been there.
Or haven't checked that Minneapolis, near enough to the headwaters, is only 820 feet above sea level, yes. And in fact there *is* some hydro power on the Mississippi in Minneapolis, right at lock&dam #1. But it's not very much. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]