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some concern about carbon and dams. but the argument is pretty complicated. also, doesn't help when there is a drought, like in the West, and the dams have no
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
some concern about carbon and dams. but the argument is pretty complicated.
also, doesn't help when there is a drought, like in the West, and the dams have no water to produce electricity from anymore.
- seanmcdirmid 5y agoMost dams here put west still have water. Some dams have shut down. They also have more water to work with in spring than late summer even in normal non drought seasons (assuming they are fed by glaciers).
- jonnycomputer 5y agoDams and carbon: https://phys.org/news/2021-05-carbon-emissions-considerably-underestimated.html https://phys.org/news/2021-05-carbon-emissions-considerably-... About dams and drought: Dams may still have water, but for how long? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/todays-drought-in-the-west-is-nothing-compared-to-what-may-be-coming/2015/02/12/0041646a-b2d9-11e4-854b-a38d13486ba1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/today... (2015)