Thorwegian ❄️ on Nostr: the geography and location of Norway means it's often where rain from Europe gets ...

the geography and location of Norway means it's often where rain from Europe gets dumped. long mountain chain followed by coastline. and the wind is often coming from the southeast and going northwest to hit these mountains. it creates two separate climate zones to the east and the west. all the mountains also means plenty of places to build hydroelectric plants, which is our main source of electricity. does make us a bit vulnerable to drought periods and when those happen, we buy nuclear electricity from Sweden and elsewhere. when Europe has shortages and we have water in our magazines, we export to them via the same cables.