alt Hacker NewsWhat do you mean the hydroelectric potential is the driver? Is there a word mistaken?
There is no electricity production?
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aaron695 • today at 8:06 PM
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What do you mean the hydroelectric potential is the driver? Is there a word mistaken?
There is no electricity production?
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I think they mean a resource ripe for extraction. There is huge stored gravitational energy in that ice and water up so high, which is also exactly why it was such a disaster.
Potential as in possibility, not as voltage. It's an awkward phrase...