Forum (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 2, 2008
The Waterworks Over Hydroelectric Dams
Demanding that hydroelectric dams — which emit no carbon dioxide and provide the cleanest, most reliable, and cheapest form of sustainable energy, be torn down — is pure madness, writes Gideon Kanner. - Forum Column
FORUM COLUMN
By Gideon Kanner It wasn't all that long ago that building big hydroelectric dams was all the rage. Even during the Great Depression when money was scarce, Uncle Sam built scores of major dams all over the country to provide water for irrigation, flood control and electric power generation. And it was a case of land taking for a Tennessee Valley Authority dam, United States ex rel. TVA v. Powelson, 319 U.S. 266 (1943), ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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