Been thinking that now coal is bad, gas leaks too much methane, so at least we have hydroelectric to help with Climate Change? Think again. Check out this 12-minutue video “Wrong Climate for Damming Rivers.” https://youtube/watch?v=A8JtoednlbY&feature=youtu.be Dams, of which there are now over 75,000 in the US alone, are not your beaver’s dams. They are bigger, there are considerably more of them than even a hundred years ago, and they have a myriad negative effects on our life support system. Building more dams during Climate Change could be catastrophic. We really need to rethink Dams. In fact, you may want to check out this incredible new documentary (which you can now stream on Netflix) DamNation “This powerful film odyssey across America explores the sea change in our national attitude from pride in big dams as engineering wonders to the growing awareness that our own future is bound to the life and health of our rivers. Dam removal has moved beyond the fictional Monkey Wrench Gang to go mainstream. Where obsolete dams come down, rivers bound back to life, giving salmon and other wild fish the right of return to primeval spawning grounds, after decades without access. DamNation’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move through rivers and landscapes altered by dams, but also through a metamorphosis in values, from conquest of the natural world to knowing ourselves as part of nature.” damnationfilm/
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:15:50 +0000