2 ms·
Why is hydroelectricity massively damaging while hydro pumped storage is great?
by civilized 4y ago
Why is hydroelectricity massively damaging while hydro pumped storage is great?
- pencilguin 4y agoOne destroys an ecosystem and fishery. The other moves water between ponds.
- qikInNdOutReply 4y agoNever understood that to be honest.. we can today build quite excellent tunnels that are crossable for fishes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_B5bZvCdJY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_B5bZvCdJY Just make it go to almost the same depth and you dont even loose water..
- pencilguin 4y agoA dam is not the same as an aquarium. True experience is that dams destroy fisheries and drive extinctions. Almost always, the fishery had produced overwhelmingly more value than the dam. Grand Coulee Dam should be demolished, but won't be.