> They needed a water supply for cooling, and there aren’t many natural lakes in the midwest.
Not contesting your actual point about situating the plant, but the midwest has more lakes than any other (similarly sized) region in the US, and particularly with the Great Lakes has access to the largest surface freshwater resource in the world.
Not contesting your actual point about situating the plant, but the midwest has more lakes than any other (similarly sized) region in the US, and particularly with the Great Lakes has access to the largest surface freshwater resource in the world.
https://teddit.net/r/MapPorn/comments/gu3ve3/number_of_lakes...