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> and you can't deny that hydro power produces much less of it than coal. I can't vouch for this but I read stuff like this https://news.wsu.edu/2016/09/28/re
by Gibbon1 7y ago
> and you can't deny that hydro power produces much less of it than coal.
I can't vouch for this but I read stuff like this
https://news.wsu.edu/2016/09/28/reservoirs-play-substantial-role-global-warming/ https://news.wsu.edu/2016/09/28/reservoirs-play-substantial-...
td;dr: Bacteria in reservoirs decompose organic material trapped behind the dam releasing CO2 and methane.
- mcswell 7y agoOk, but the link doesn't seem to say what would happen to that organic material if it weren't trapped behind the dam. Wouldn't it decompose anyway? (or get turned into fish, but I would expect that to happen either way)
- soperj 7y agogenerally organic material in a forest doesn't get decomposed into methane.