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Originally Posted by Ducay
While I for one, enjoyed the Sienfeld-esque banter between you two, I present another side.
While I agree with Nik, only water powered (normally gravity fed) turbine generators are hydroelectic power, the problem is that calling it "hydro" is a colloquialism, which can really take on any meaning society attaches to it, so Vulcan could have been right, except for the part he argued steam made it hydroelectric, thus invalidating my defense.
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I think this by MattyC explains my thoughts best.
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Hydro could be the short hand for a lot of things. It's called a prefix.
While I agree it's confusing, it's a freaking word. You might as well argue that Homo means gay. That's it that's all. No other words stem from the prefix homo. __________________
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What is now referred to as hydro could have a completely different meaning in years to come. Heck as shown in Ontario it no longer refers to what is called hydro-electric. I like to go back to find the original meaning of words and not just take the local general usage as the correct way.