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Dams are literally terrible in terms of ecological impact. The sooner they are all gone the better.
by borkt 7y ago
Dams are literally terrible in terms of ecological impact. The sooner they are all gone the better.
- generatorguy 7y agoA lot of the impact can be mitigated by building fish pass channels, building new habitat such as compensation channels, and controlling the rate of change of water levels.
- drewbug 7y agoas opposed to figuratively terrible?
- Negitivefrags 7y agoThe ecological impact of dams is totally local, but the ecological impact of CO2 is global. If we were to power the entire earth with hydro, the local damage to ecosystems would be a very small price to pay indeed.
- anoncake 7y agoAlso, using a fossil plant is harmful, using a dam is not. The damage was done when it was built.
- jabl 7y agoI've seen arguments that some dams where the water level varies a lot produce a lot of GHG's due to decaying plant matter. But yes, in general compared to fossils it certainly wins.
- DennisP 7y agoDams are obviously better than fossil, but I think a case can be made that fusion would be better than dams.
- hedvig 7y agoAny specific good material that I could read more on this?