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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
The story I've read is that they've said that Quebec hydro power isn't very green because it results in flooding that kills trees. And those trees release their carbon when they die.
It sounds like nonsense to me, but that's part of the opposition story behind getting people to reject the transmission lines.
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I had previously read that another downfall of hydro is that it can ruin river ecosystem downstream. Basically the study was claiming that the water being returned from hydro plants was warmer, to a pretty small degree, but it was enough to impact fish and aquatic plants.