> That dam was built to prevent and mitigate damage during floods (besides producing electricity). Please educate yourself on how hydroelectric dams are constr

> That dam was built to prevent and mitigate damage during floods (besides producing electricity). Please educate yourself on how hydroelectric dams are constructed. And a large number of other dams are built not to prevent flooding, but to create water reservoirs and/or stem river flows. > Are you suggesting that we would have to evacute less people during rain if we did not build dams? In the absolute vast majority of hydroelectric dams, yes. Following your logic, we should immediately stop because human deaths and devastation are built in to the dams