Arizona's solar-covered canal project is set to redefine energy and water dynamics as a sustainable solution for drought.

Arizona’s solar-over-canal project will tackle its major drought issue::undefined

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand how it “offsets”. If someone pisses in the pool and I do it behind a tree, that somehow gets rid of piss molecules in the pool?

    • CethinEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You only need a certain amount of power. (In fact, you can’t generate more power than is needed, or you cause massive issues.) If this adds extra energy generation but doesn’t add demand, generation somewhere else will be taken offline. This will be whatever is cheapest, and green energy is nearly free after construction, so it’ll be dirty energy that isn’t running anymore.