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Let us not forget that the Sierra Club proudly proclaims on their website that, "2014 was a monumental year for dam removal projects. A record-setting 72 dams w

Let us not forget that the Sierra Club proudly proclaims on their website that, "2014 was a monumental year for dam removal projects. A record-setting 72 dams were removed across 19 states...While the best reasons to do away with old dams are certainly the ecological ones, it doesn’t hurt that the massive detonations involved are pretty dam fun to watch." http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-2-march-april/green-life/3-dam-detonation-videos-prove-going-green-blowing http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-2-march-april/green-li... These people are not anti-fossil fuels or anti-hydro or anti-nuclear; they are anti-development as such. They reap the rewards of an industrialized energy-rich economy which can provide them lives past 70, decreased child mortality, eradication of most disease, incredible mobility, plentiful food, etc., while they decry the means by which this life is made possible.

maxerickson 11y ago
Many removed dams aren't really worth a damn. I looked up the first one on the list, it was providing power to a single residence. http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2015/03_03032015_hammer_dam.html http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2015/03_0303...
- TheSpiceIsLife 11y ago
  Thanks for doing that. I like how the parent comment made some assumptions about motives, which I'm sure we're all guilty of -I know I am, a lot- and then someone provides the balance. It's interesting how any group of motivated people can and will have their motives questioned and recontextualised to suit whatever agenda some other group are pushing. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that process, just interesting to observe the different camps adding their own spin and observing my changing option as I gain greater understanding - well, so the theory goes. (Edit: speeling and gramah)
  - maxerickson 11y ago
    There are many small dams that really are obsolete or of little benefit, but Sierra Club also opposes some that have clearer benefits.

maxerickson 11y ago

Many removed dams aren't really worth a damn. I looked up the first one on the list, it was providing power to a single residence. http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2015/03_03032015_hammer_dam.html http://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2015/03_0303...

TheSpiceIsLife 11y ago
Thanks for doing that. I like how the parent comment made some assumptions about motives, which I'm sure we're all guilty of -I know I am, a lot- and then someone provides the balance. It's interesting how any group of motivated people can and will have their motives questioned and recontextualised to suit whatever agenda some other group are pushing. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that process, just interesting to observe the different camps adding their own spin and observing my changing option as I gain greater understanding - well, so the theory goes. (Edit: speeling and gramah)
- maxerickson 11y ago
  There are many small dams that really are obsolete or of little benefit, but Sierra Club also opposes some that have clearer benefits.