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Gross. Dams are renewable energy, but they’re not “clean” energy. Their environmental catastrophes both upstream and downstream.

The world will be a better place when we abolish dams and replace them with actually clean energy.

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You don’t think it’s a little unfair to damn a country where roughly half of people don’t have electricity for not using the very best source? The average American uses 186 times more power than an average Ethiopian.

It doesn’t make sense to ask them to try to wrestle with that kind of poverty and also shoulder the same burden as countries using hundreds of times more energy.

Hey, 60% of Ethiopians don't have powers. Take a look at "earth at night" satellite images. Ethiopia is dark. I'm an Ethiopian national and this affects me deeply.

I am tired of desensitizing myself away from the plight of 4 foot 10 women carrying a load of firewood heavier than them.

I’d probably support coal over hydro. At least coal can be seamlessly transitioned to natural gas, solar, nuclear, etc.

But you'd understand that we generally prefer not to die from pollution right? We're also not too eager on the global warming thing as well.

I think the world will be a better place when people have access to fundamental things like clean water, power, and adequate nourishment. Let the major polluters of the world figure out carbon capture before forcing these standards on developing countries that have almost no responsibility for historic emissions.

If you think dams are bad, wait till you see natural lakes.

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