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Court rules Europe can call nuclear and natural gas sustainable investments for its green transition (apnews.com)

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn't want to get into an argument about construction CO2 and emissions from the reservoir.

But i would certainly class Hydro as green.

[–] solariplex@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Sure, I get that. Dams often involve lots of concrete, which emits insane CO2 during production; and dams devastates large areas of nature (or human settlements).

Just felt it weird to state that natural gas is required for a stable renewable power grid, when hydro exists. Wherever hydro is possible, it's almost certainly better than natural gas in most aspects.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

If you have hydro you definitely use it.

But the opportunities for adding new pumped hydro are very few.