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Environment & Energy

hunter

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1. Dams are like time bombs we've left for future generations to defuse.

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jul 9, 2025, 08:46 PM

Jul 9

Eventually they'll all have to be removed. If they fail by natural processes the loss of life will be horrendous.

If our industrial civilization fails, which seems likely, these future generations may not have the tools to accomplish it.

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The Painter Albert Bierstadt Remarks from the 19th Century on the Cost of So Called "Renewable Energy." [View all] NNadir Jul 9 OP

Dams are like time bombs we've left for future generations to defuse. hunter Jul 9 #1

THANK you, he may be my favorite!!!! elleng Jul 9 #2