Saturday, November 12, 2011

How much energy did it take to produce the Hoover Dam? How long is the “energy payback time” for the dam?

Besides the dam's concrete, one must total the cost of preparation of the site, the diversion tunnels and coffer dam, the power houses, the generators, the turbines, the trucks and mixers and cranes, the manpower, and the building of the city to house the workers.

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