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Dam Breaching by Jim Voyles Idaho Statesman, November 5, 2021

Wow! The lower Snake River dam breaching goal is again in the news.

Fact! Those projects are essential players in the successful inclusion of wind and solar in our electricity supply mix. I am talking about energy storage!

Removal of those hydroelectric facilities will ultimately require an incredible amount of additional storage batteries to shape the energy produced from the solar and wind projects, batteries that would not be required if those facilities were allowed to remain. Reservoirs like these provide the cleanest and most efficient energy storage possible, and they already exist!

In addition, much of their energy will likely wind up being replaced by new conventional and combined cycle combustion turbine installations that operate on natural gas. Unfortunately, as clean as it may look to be, natural gas is not a "green" electric energy resource.

We can only pray that those in a position to make the ultimate decisions truly consider the values and the costs associated with their decisions and their impacts on the ultimate goals of society!

Once you research and understand the facts, you will find that the removal of those dams is definitely not in the overall best interest of the huge majority of society.

Related Pages:
Salmon Support 137 Other Species by Ed Hunt, Environment News Service, 7/6/00