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Greg Shill

@gregshill.com

Lake forever, part 1 for now. infrastory.substack.com/p/the-great-...

infrastory.substack.comThe Great Lakes Are a Managed SystemGates, turbines, and locks.

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Ari Ofsevit

@ofsevit.bsky.social

Fun fact is that varying the level of Lake Erie with pump hydro by a few feet would store enough seasonal power for most of the northeast, with the slight downside of flooding Montreal when a lot of power was necessary.

“slight downside”

Ooh found the post: bsky.app/profile/ofse...

Ari Ofsevit@ofsevit.bsky.social

This post, which seems to have lost its graphics, talked about the seasonal power storage potential of the Great Lakes euanmearns.com/the-pumped-h... A few minor issues include things like how to keep from flooding Montreal.

euanmearns.comThe pumped hydro storage potential of the Great LakesThe potential energy contained in the waters of the Great Lakes amounts to approximately six thousand terawatt hours, enough to supply the US and Canada with electricity for an entire year were the…

Ari Ofsevit

@ofsevit.bsky.social

And here's the article from the otherwise dead link (missing graphics though) web.archive.org/web/20240330...

web.archive.orgThe pumped hydro storage potential of the Great LakesThe potential energy contained in the waters of the Great Lakes amounts to approximately six thousand terawatt hours, enough to supply the US and Canada with electricity for an entire year were the…

Dan Keshet

@dankeshet.bsky.social

Fun to think about the lakes being younger than Stone Henge and there still being hunting blinds underneath them.

atlasobscura.comHow the Great Lakes Formed—And the Mystery of Who Watched It HappenSkilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.