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>Hydro is green, renewable energy with solid baseline capacity. It's also the most dangerous, by an absurd margin. Dam collapses have killed more people than e
by _dain_ 3y ago
>Hydro is green, renewable energy with solid baseline capacity.
It's also the most dangerous, by an absurd margin. Dam collapses have killed more people than every other power generation source combined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Banqiao_Dam_failure
Chernobyl was peanuts compared to this.
- bumby 3y agoIt’s important to understand that dams also provide other aspects besides power generation. Many areas rely on them for flood plain management, irrigation etc. so it may be disingenuous to consider all of the negatives as a consequence of hydro power (meaning its not a great comparison)