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Environment & Energy

TheWraith

(24,331 posts) Thu Jun 14, 2012, 09:16 PM Jun 2012

Go ahead and slap me for it, but we shouldn't be dismantling dams. [View all]

No, not even to help the salmon. Sorry, but the benefit to fish populations would be hugely outweighed by the green energy those dams could produce, replacing coal power and improving the environment for everybody, including the fish.

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Go ahead and slap me for it, but we shouldn't be dismantling dams. [View all] TheWraith Jun 2012 OP

. XemaSab Jun 2012 #1

Shoulda seen that coming. TheWraith Jun 2012 #2

When the lake behind the dam has silted up tularetom Jun 2012 #3

That may be, but ... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2012 #4

Behemoth dams are not needed RobertEarl Jun 2012 #5

Not here in BC OnlinePoker Jun 2012 #12

Those damn environmentalists... RobertEarl Jun 2012 #13

As a Californian, I am deeply, deeply conflicted about dams XemaSab Jun 2012 #6

To put it another way XemaSab Jun 2012 #7

most of the dams being removed are ancient and useless and scew up the rivers they are on. Warren Stupidity Jun 2012 #8

I don't see Hydro Dams as particularly Green, Throckmorton Jun 2012 #9

They're "useless" because they're not being used properly. TheWraith Jun 2012 #14

The four dams in Hell's Canyon of the Snake River should be removed Kolesar Jun 2012 #10

Read these and get back to us, OK? hatrack Jun 2012 #11

Tearing down dams and restoring watersheds would be an excellent public works project. hunter Jun 2012 #15