i think a point that everyone is missing is as this: before the dams were built the area was sparsely populated because of the fear of flooding, lack of water e

i think a point that everyone is missing is as this: before the dams were built the area was sparsely populated because of the fear of flooding, lack of water etc. Now that they have been built, large amounts of humanity have taken advantage of the space and moved in. Due to the population increase over the last century, to remove these dams would involve displacing large populations and destroying a huge amount of infrastructure. It seems we have dug ourselves into a very deep hole... (i understand that this only applies to a minority of dams but it must still be a big problem)