Well everyone has to make sacrifices, some have to visit the mall less often, others have to endure their communities literally sink into oblivion [1]. It's all

Well everyone has to make sacrifices, some have to visit the mall less often, others have to endure their communities literally sink into oblivion [1]. It's all for the planet, even the methane [2][3]. Of course some dams are not so "good" and some are not so "bad," so you have to be specific. Being able to export electricity (think Plan Puebla Panamá) adds very positively into the math, so all the "indios" and bad environmentalists shut up. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Diqu%C3%ADs_Hydroelectric_Project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Diqu%C3%ADs_Hydroelectric_Pr... [2] http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/environmental-impacts-hydroelectric-power.html#.VRvw33Wx15Q http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewa... [3] http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/energy/op/hydro_tremblaypaper.pdf http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/energy/op/hydro_tremb... EDIT: Just found this in another comment http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/truth-behind-costa-rica-renewable-energy-reservoirs-climate-change http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/truth-b...