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> Hydropower is generally renewable but really is not considered sustainable. Unfamiliar readers have to note that here sustainable is not used in its normal m
by WastingMyTime89 3y ago
> Hydropower is generally renewable but really is not considered sustainable.
Unfamiliar readers have to note that here sustainable is not used in its normal meaning but in the one used by some environmentalists. Hydropower can definitely be sustained indefinitely. It does cause flooding in some area previously I flooded and disturbs fish which some people view as an issue.
It’s really hard to have a good discussion about climate change because some people constantly push unrelated agenda into the mix.
- reaperman 3y ago> Hydropower can definitely be sustained indefinitely. That’s absolutely not what “sustainable” means. The difference between “renewable” and “sustainable” isn’t a fringe concept. It’s been pretty well accepted for about 55 years now.
- WastingMyTime89 3y agoThat’s exactly what sustainable means: “able to be maintained at a certain rate or level”. And even in the specific meaning you are pushing, the actual impact of hydro is questionable. Until you take a die hard position that no ecosystem whatsoever should be disturbed the benefit vs loss analysis is more than compelling.
- reaperman 3y agohttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/sustainability https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sustainability Definition #2: > the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance: