Note: said society is preindustrial and has ample access to flowing water, but not fossil fuels or radioactive deposits. It also has access to mountain hot springs, which I thought could also be used as “batteries” during times when streams freeze. This last point is what set him off.
He also really hates wind turbines.
Did you know that at a depth of only a few meters underground the temperature stabilizes year round to about the mean annual temperature of the air?
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