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Subject: Re: American War a dystopic novel
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:54:39 -0400
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On 9/10/24 8:38 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Sep 2024 18:12:27 -0400, William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>> I'm going to have to look that one up since if Erie and Ontario merge
>>> that's a major event (not to mention Superior which is 150-200 meters
>>> further above see level) since those two are connected by Niagara
>>> Falls (which is about a 75 meter difference between top and bottom)
>>>
>> The other lakes are all about 100m above Ontario, with Superior the
>> highest by a few meters.
>>
>> To join them all sea level would have to rise by the equivalent of
>> melting three and a half to four times as much ice as exists on earth.
>> So you need massive subsidence in which case there's no point in
>> worrying about survivors.
> 
> Let's face it that would mean one helluva lot of hydroelectric
> potential - even putting turbines under Niagara Falls (which is less
> than 200' high) could generate a lot of power.

Not just "could" ... it actually does!
Canada side:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Adam_Beck_Hydroelectric_Generating_Stations

US side:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses_Niagara_Power_Plant

We toured the Canada plant just last summer - super interesting.
Tony