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slater_san t1_ixcuuk1 wrote

Reply to comment by flow_man in U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. by doginasweater39

There's also wind and solar and lots of other power generation methods, but only so many salmon habitats.

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CharonsLittleHelper t1_ixd1m2m wrote

Except that solar/wind aren't reliable. Hydro is.

This sort of thing shows that most hardcore environmentalists are Malthusians.

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BigLizardInBackyard t1_ixd3wcw wrote

My guy, this isn't being done for the environmentalists or the minorities it's being done to help the profit of the power company which is what we want really - this will be great for the bottom line - a huge cost avoidance and them liberals are paying for it too. Stop complaining or they'll figure it out.

"PacifiCorp would have had to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in fish ladders, fish screens and other conservation upgrades under environmental regulations that were not in place when the aging dams were first built. But with the deal approved Thursday, the utility’s cost is capped at $200 million, with another $250 million from a California voter-approved water bond."

Edit, LOL: PacifiCorp, which operates the hydroelectric dams and is owned by billionaire Warren Buffett’s company Berkshire Hathaway,

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msinkovich t1_ixdzgfe wrote

This is the explanation as I understood it..

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slater_san t1_ixd2jv3 wrote

Reliable like a cloudy day compared to the constant of running water? Okay. Add in nuclear.

All you've proved is arguing in bad faith with no sources but 🤷‍♂️

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CharonsLittleHelper t1_ixd2wxd wrote

A dam saves up water to be used as needed. That's why the hydroelectric plants are on dams instead of on the river itself like historical water wheels.

I don't need sources to point out super obvious things. Water is wet. The sky is up. Dams accumulate water.

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slater_san t1_ixd529i wrote

Okay watch this: solar farm for the sunny days, wind farm for the windy/cloudy days and nuclear plant to do those pesky overcast but not windy days.

Wind is windy, sun is sunny and I can play this game too!

Bonus: lots of job creation!

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fireisveryfun t1_ixd6svx wrote

There are some other super obvious things, like how those dams interfere with salmon habitats and natural river flows. And how we have the technology to generate clean energy elsewhere. And that we have more than enough resources store water somewhere else.

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