Pumped hydro uses less water than coal, page-22

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    Quickly scanning your link, there are glaring problems with his numbers and suppositions.

    You will need much more than 6750 km2.

    For a start the area calculated is based on the energy received over that area. No allowance for maintenance access, That would add 30% ? Then roads, hills, valleys and the ramifications thereof. Varying solar intensity.

    No allowance for peak demand. etc. No allowance for or ability to store energy.

    the list goes on......

    Then I note that the there is no operating wave power in Australia at this point. WA maybe in the future.

    You are living in dreamland. I can see no substantial increase in renewables before 2040.

    They just don't work that well.
 
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