I skipped the meeting, but the Memos showed that Andy Asberry
wrote on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:27:50 -0600 in
rec.crafts.metalworking :
Water district pumps water from a lake 75 miles south to a local lake
405 feet higher. They propose to build a hydro generation plant on the
end of this pipeline before dumping it in the lake.

Am I missing something here?

Yes.

Unless you believe that they believe they can recoup all the costs
of pumping the water up 405 feet.
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