On Dec 23, 4:40*pm, "Pete C." wrote:
Mark wrote:

*It takes just as much water to turn the turbine
whether the generator is producing 1 megawatt *or 150 megawatts.

NOT TRUE *wherever did you get that idea?

Mark

I think he was trying to say that the water flowing through a
hydroelectric generating facility has the same available energy whether
you utilize it or not, so you may as well utilize all that is available.

I specified hydroelectric and that is indeed what I meant.

Red