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Nov 14, 2019 at 21:00 answer added pygosceles timeline score: 0
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Nov 13, 2019 at 21:39 comment added 8protons Look into the environmental impact of dams. It is seriously destructive.
Nov 13, 2019 at 17:00 answer added Transistor timeline score: 4
Nov 13, 2019 at 15:38 answer added joojaa timeline score: 2
Nov 13, 2019 at 14:49 vote accept Sristy
Nov 13, 2019 at 13:50 answer added Hobbes timeline score: 8
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Nov 13, 2019 at 7:42 comment added RonJohn There's always a reason why Your Pet Idea hasn't dominated the world, and it's vanishingly rare that the answer is Big Corporation Suppression.
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Nov 12, 2019 at 16:06 comment added Solar Mike @SamFarjamirad not if the dams are mostly above the treeline...
Nov 12, 2019 at 16:02 comment added StainlessSteelRat @SamFarjamirad + toxins released into the water (methylmercury) poison fish and mammals.
Nov 12, 2019 at 15:13 comment added user14407 @StainlessSteelRat The ecological impacts are way too large, in some cases, dams generate more $CO_2$ than the conventional centrals thank to decaying organic materials behind the dams.
Nov 12, 2019 at 14:17 answer added StainlessSteelRat timeline score: 10
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Nov 12, 2019 at 12:29 comment added StainlessSteelRat Many rivers are used by ships. To be cost effective, you need a dam. Dam causes a flood plane. Loss of a lot of land.
Nov 12, 2019 at 9:51 answer added ratchet freak timeline score: 29
Nov 12, 2019 at 9:20 comment added user14407 Tones of reasons, but you know they are not that reliable, of course you can cut off the excess electricity but you cannot compensate if the river flow is too low. take a look here: nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/hydropower
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