Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable?
by dismalpedigree on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:21PM
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Right. Storing water for 50M+ people and generating enormous quantities of electricity. No use at all.
Re:Why Is Hydroelectricity So Green, and yet Unfashionable?
by idiotsecant on Thursday October 27, 2022 @09:57PM
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This is a pretty incomplete understanding of the issue, there are plenty of dams where silting is not an issue at all and will serve their purpose for centuries if properly maintained. There are also dams where silting is a regular problem. A so called 'sediment bypass' is often a feature of these dams, where water is pulled from the base of the dam through a bypass to clear out silting.
It all depends on the natural hydraulic dynamics of the dam - some are better placed than others.
Just think of this way, dams have a life span and for the most part, most of them in US have hit the end of their life spans and should be removed. They serve no purpose to anyone.