Demand for power is growing fast, but hydro plants, the oldest source of clean energy, are struggling because of droughts, floods and other extreme weather linked to climate change.

  • grue
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    13 hours ago

    The belatedly-realized fact that dams sometimes screw up downstream habitat doesn’t help either.

    • Joe
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      12 hours ago

      Afaik, the big Chinese dam was also slowing down the rotation of earth, due to the displaced amount of water. So the Chinese then decided they needed an even bigger one…

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        11 hours ago

        Do you have any reason to believe there are adverse effects from Earth’s slowing rotation due to Three Gorges Dam?