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I don't recall hydroelectric plants leaving entire regions uninhabitable.
by ohiovr 8y ago
I don't recall hydroelectric plants leaving entire regions uninhabitable.
- gandhium 8y agoMost of them doing just that. Flooding a lot of areas because hydroelectric dam was built on the river is a valid scenario. See: https://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/environmental-impacts-hydroelectric-power.html https://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renew...
- ohiovr 8y agoCan you go fishing in the zone?
- koube 8y agoLooks like there was an incident in 1976 that killed anywhere from 1800 to 25000 people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hydroelectric_power_station_failures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hydroelectric_power_st...
- bpchaps 8y agoThat's kinda small compared to Banqiao Dam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam According to the Hydrology Department of Henan Province, approximately 26,000 people died in the province from flooding and another 145,000 died during subsequent epidemics and famine. In addition, about 5,960,000 buildings collapsed, and 11 million residents were affected. Unofficial estimates of the number of people killed by the disaster have run as high as 230,000 people. The death toll of this disaster was declassified in 2005.
- ohiovr 8y agoBut the region is still habitable is it not?
- eT8AZithxooKei6 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Relocation_of_residents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam#Relocation_of...
- ohiovr 8y agoAt least it isn’t killing people in other countries.
- donarb 8y agoThree Gorges Dam in China uprooted 1.3 million people from their homes.
- ohiovr 8y agoNo the government uprooted them. No one plans on having a meltdown.