[LMB] "Civilization isn't just electricity."

[Meg Justus]

> The thing I wonder is, why isn't more being done to bring more
> hydroelectric on line in the U.S.?  Talk about a proven system, and
> green as all get-out.  Geography?  Politics?  Does anyone know why this
> isn't being more promoted?
>
> Ta, L.  (Who thinks civilization is indeed electricity, and tech in
> general.)

And you had a doctor say so in BOI <g>.

As for hydroelectricity, here in the Pacific Northwest there's a lot of 
brouhaha about dams endangering already endangered salmon runs and the 
animals that feed off those salmon runs (including orcas).  AAMOF, two dams 
on the Olympic Peninsula are scheduled for demolition (they may still be 
arguing about it -- this discussion has been ongoing for years) for that 
reason.

Dams can be highly environmentally destructive.  Look at Three Rivers Gorge 
in China.  For that matter look at Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park in 
California.

Megaera
feeling a bit hypocritical at the moment while typing this on a computer 
powered by mostly hydroelectric power