Hydropower is one of the most widely available and effective sources of non-fossil fuelled electricity generation. If we’re going to have a chance to stop climate change we need to use it to its fullest…
Climate change is also super destructive to the ecology of waterways - and also to everything else, so I’m gonna say sacrificing a few fish for the good of the rest of the fish is probably a good idea.
Sure, the best time to start building more hydro/nuclear was 10 years ago, but I’ll bet that we will still be using fossil fuels in 10-15 years at this rate, so the second best time to start building is today.
We need to be building all kinds of clean energy production everywhere all at once - we can’t afford not to.
Hydropower is one of the most widely available and effective sources of non-fossil fuelled electricity generation. If we’re going to have a chance to stop climate change we need to use it to its fullest…
It’s super destructive to the ecology of waterways though.
Climate change is also super destructive to the ecology of waterways - and also to everything else, so I’m gonna say sacrificing a few fish for the good of the rest of the fish is probably a good idea.
Same issue as nuclear though, building a dam takes years, time we don’t really have.
Sure, the best time to start building more hydro/nuclear was 10 years ago, but I’ll bet that we will still be using fossil fuels in 10-15 years at this rate, so the second best time to start building is today.
We need to be building all kinds of clean energy production everywhere all at once - we can’t afford not to.