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This is how you know that perhaps the climate change movement’s actual priorities are different from their stated priorities.
by abtinf 3y ago
This is how you know that perhaps the climate change movement’s actual priorities are different from their stated priorities.
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- gopher_space 3y agoPerhaps you'd talk about the connection between dams and a climate change movement a little. I'm a little familiar with both and don't see a connection.
- nostromo 3y agoDams provide clean energy. Getting rid of them is bad for climate change.
- kemotep 3y agoMany of these dams are actually causing ecological damage and have also outlived their usefulness and are not sustainable to continue operating and may even cause significant environmental problems if left in place. Do you know of an example of one of these dams being replaced with coal or gas plants?
- gopher_space 3y agoAhh ok we aren't talking specifics but more of a "general feeling about dams" from the layperson perspective.
- daelon 3y agoCount me as extremely skeptical of the climate change "movement", but even I don't understand what kind of connection you're implying here.
- kemotep 3y agoCould you elaborate why this specific dam removal project reveals that?
- Analemma_ 3y ago> The vast majority of removed dams have been small, either check dams or those used for water diversions, said Warrick. Little dams can be taken down by a small team with a backhoe, Tullos said. These dams aren't generating any electricity. Try to read the article before taking the headline as an opportunity to get cheap shots on the outgroup.
- kibwen 3y agoAccording to Wikipedia, the Elwha Dam had a hydroelectric capacity of 14.8 MW, which is about five wind turbines. For reference, the US currently has more than 71,000 wind turbines, and on average the US installs 3,000 wind turbines per year, which is 8 per day.
- huytersd 3y agoThis is a great comment to visualize how little power is being lost here.
- keyboard_slap 3y agoI thought comparing capacity factor instead of capacity would be more fair, but I got roughly the same result. Elwha's capacity factor was, at one point, 39% [0], and capacity factor for wind turbines in the US is ~35% [1]. However, we're still comparing a source of on-demand power to a source of intermittent power. [0] https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6536093 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6536093 (page 14) [1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52038 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52038