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Not as much energy as you think. The main obstacle to removing dams is getting funding. One dam locally is finally being removed 20 years after literally everyo
by labster 5y ago
Not as much energy as you think. The main obstacle to removing dams is getting funding. One dam locally is finally being removed 20 years after literally everyone local agreed it should be removed. 90% silted up as it is. But you have to pay for the unsafe bridge downstream before you cut open the dam. It sure would be nice to have had 20 years more sand on the beach to fight erosion.
Anyway, there are lots of little dams like this everywhere that have negative economic value, but no one wants to pay the cost to remove them.
- emptybits 5y agoHm. Not so simple. In my province (BC), over 90% of our electricity is generated by dams on rivers.[1] I agree with you that some dams are mostly negative. And all dams have some negatives. Witness our Site C dam project currently under construction.[2] It has been a political, environmental, legal, First Nations, and agricultural shitshow. I just think it's worth knowing that river dams still produce the vast majority of electricity for a lot of people on this part of the planet. I vote for change. Fingers crossed. [1] https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles-british-columbia.html https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/pr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_C_dam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_C_dam
- soperj 5y agoThere's like a 140 hydro generating stations in BC. Majority of them produce a negligible amount of power. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generating_stations_in_British_Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_generating_stations_in...