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Cerran424 t1_ja4srkv wrote

Reply to comment by TheNatureBoy in How Much Land Would It Require To Get Most Of Our Electricity From Wind & Solar? by BlitzOrion

The water level question is more how much water can be recycled given the discharge requirements and flow downstream.

You would likely have to design the pumps to lift water to the maximum height of Lake Mead.

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TheNatureBoy t1_ja4v5yl wrote

Damn, that sounds like a tremendous energy loss with a low lake.

Thanks for the response.

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