What does this sentence mean?
Hi

Would a natve speaker kindly tell me in words of one syllable what the following sentence possibly means. Bear in mind that the sentence was written by a non-native speaker, so tell me if you find it unnatural or kindly provide me with the natural one:

+We need huge resources of water to generate electricity on a large and commercial scale.

I'm serioysly in doubt with the " on a large and commercial scale" part.

Thanks

Question

What does this sentence mean?
Hi

Would a natve speaker kindly tell me in words of one syllable what the following sentence possibly means. Bear in mind that the sentence was written by a non-native speaker, so tell me if you find it unnatural or kindly provide me with the natural one:

+We need huge resources of water to generate electricity on a large and commercial scale.

I'm serioysly in doubt with the " on a large and commercial scale"  part.

Thanks

Answer

In the best one-syllable English I can come up with, it means:

You need huge amounts of moving water to make electricity so that people can use it.

I would say: 
We need to harness the power of moving water to generate electricity for large-scale commercial use.
or
We need vast amounts of water resources to generate electricity on large-scale for commercial use.

Hope this helps.

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