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Hydroelectric Dam Pollution
Jul 21st, 2011 at 8:38pm
 
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Oh No! A single hydroelectric dam produces as much CO2 as 10 million people burning fossil fuels.

According to a paper published online today in the Journal of Geophysical Research, a single hydroelectric dam in the Brazilian Amazon is producing as much greenhouse gas emissions as are generated by almost 10 million people burning fossil fuels...

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Re: Hydroelectric Dam Pollution
Reply #1 - Jul 22nd, 2011 at 12:03am
 
Yes. Dams are a bad idea. I'm pretty sure you'll find that's a pretty consistent theme amongst environmentalists over the last 30 years Roll Eyes

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Andrei.Hicks wrote on Sep 11th, 2011 at 11:23am:
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Re: Hydroelectric Dam Pollution
Reply #2 - Aug 10th, 2011 at 7:12pm
 
This is heavily dependent on the amount of vegetation being washed in.

Does the calculation take into account what would happen to the vegetation if the dam were not there?
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