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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Thankfully, or not, BC did build the dams and is now producing basically free energy from them with the sites being fully paid off. Over the long term the dams made sense and is actually a competitive economic advantage due to some of the lowest electricity rates in North America.
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The difference here being hydroelectric dams can last over 100 years, unless something has changed recently in the wind/solar areas, I'm pretty sure the life expectancy of most types is ~20 on the high end.