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Do some quick math. How much pumped hydro in terms of acre-feet would be required to power a hypothetical city like Chicago at night? Where would this theoretical reservoir be built?
I can't stop laughing at this as a unit of measurement
I guess if you don't understand units of water per area, then there is no reason to expect you to be able to do any kind of critical analysis about why "pumped hydro" is a problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre-foot
Dude, people can laugh at a term while still being able to do "critical analysis" 🙄 "foot pound" sounds funny too. People can giggle about Uranus and still be astronomers.