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Originally Posted by GGG
Same problems as nuclear - NIMBYs and Greenies.
Yes there should be discussion about wiping out habitat by damming and the impacts to fish migration and all sorts of things. These are acceptable sacrifices to make to the climate gods.
With Manitoba hydro they buy Nuclear overnight to consume base load and sell it back at peak day time prices.
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I guess here in Manitoba people are out of touch with what is happening further north, but some of these multi-billion dollar hydro generating stations have been built with first-nations approval as well, something the rest of Canada has often struggled with.
At some point we need a government with some balls to push these things forward, but these days appeasement seems the only course of action.