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Environment & Energy

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8. most of the dams being removed are ancient and useless and scew up the rivers they are on.

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 10:16 PM

Jun 2012

You might have a point, except you don't.

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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

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