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Heck yes!!! Like all these sheriffs choosing to not enforce all these unconstitutional gun laws!!! Keep it rolling!!!!Wyoming wants to phase out sales of new EVs by 2035
In a symbolic action, Wyoming’s state legislature is considering a resolution that calls for a phaseout of new electric vehicle sales by 2035.news.yahoo.com
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this is true but we do need that electricity.Not all dams, of course. Just four that cause the region the most injury and produce a small fraction of the needed electricity. An amount that has been far surpassed in the past 20 years by other source.
Not just flood control (which is a huge issue - all the damage floods cause) and navigation and power, but also irrigation. In my 4 years in the USCG, I've been on almost every inch of the Columbia, from China Flats to the ocean, well up the Snake and the Spokane. Been on/near many rivers with my father (who was a Oregon Watermaster) during floods/etc.this is true but we do need that electricity.
The argument that they do not provide much electricty is hollow
The four lower Snake River dams produce over 1,000 average megawatts of reliable, carbon-free energy. That's enough energy for over 800,000 average U.S. homes. It would cost $1.3 billion to $2.6 billion to breach the dams.
To me 800,000 homes is significant. also reliable carbon free- isn't that what everyone wants.
Also those 4 dams have fish ladders, upstream they do not have fish ladders. also flood control, and 1 more Item
In all, some 40 million tons of cargo move through the deep channel between the Pacific Ocean and Portland and Vancouver, and some 10 million tons move thorough 14-feet deep waters from Portland and Vancouver to Lewiston.Dec 8, 2010
this 10 million tons equates into 500,000 semi trucks hauling 40,000 lbs. If we are going to take out the dams we better get working on a new freeway from Lewiston to i-84 because the road that is there will not work.
If dam removal is necessary we have to have answers to above questions.
sorry, I left out irrigationNot just flood control (which is a huge issue - all the damage floods cause) and navigation and power, but also irrigation. In my 4 years in the USCG, I've been on almost every inch of the Columbia, from China Flats to the ocean, well up the Snake and the Spokane. Been on/near many rivers with my father (who was a Oregon Watermaster) during floods/etc.
A LOT of farmers depend on rivers and dams for irrigation water to grow food for us to eat.
Too many Carbon Producers walking the earth. WEC said it out loud and then they all clapped.Doesn't seem smart to me to put all your eggs in one basket so you don't have the ability to cook or heat or turn the lights on or drive. Seems like a recipe for control so that they can turn you on and off anytime they want
This is what it is aboutToo many Carbon Producers walking the earth. WEC said it out loud and then they all clapped.
1. The majority of that eastern WA wheat is destined for export, not for "us to eat"Not just flood control (which is a huge issue - all the damage floods cause) and navigation and power, but also irrigation. In my 4 years in the USCG, I've been on almost every inch of the Columbia, from China Flats to the ocean, well up the Snake and the Spokane. Been on/near many rivers with my father (who was a Oregon Watermaster) during floods/etc.
A LOT of farmers depend on rivers and dams for irrigation water to grow food for us to eat.
You missed the electricity. BPA is under contract to sell to Ca. Take away that electricity and we probably are having blackouts. They are modern dams, built in my lifetime. They are the 4 dams on the Snake with fish ladders, why not retrofit upstream dams with ladders. The 2 billion to remove dams does not include fixing roads for more truck traffic to replace the barges. 60% of the power in Washington state comes from Hydro. less than 10 from solar and wind.1. The majority of that eastern WA wheat is destined for export, not for "us to eat"
2. Farmers can be kept whole by extending irrigation pumps to the new, lower river level. All this is old stuff explored like 20 years ago and totally feasible.
* And let me add, the lower four Snake River dams that the focus is on, are largely run-of-the-river dams and do almost nothing for flood control. It's really a non-issue.
I agree, But no one is offering to jump off cliff and millions are flooding across southern border, none of which has anything to do with Snake river dams.The whole commerce system is upside down " The average city commerce plan" We welcome more population, housing, infrastructure, because more people means more tax dollars., but more people means more energy use and consumption of resources At what point in world history will we need to realize population control isn't a bad thing
Lame-stream media, defining what is an attack and what isn't. If you back-out the gangbangers and the jihadists, there are basically zero substation attacks.KIRO 7 uncovers security concerns and more substation attacks in Washington
KIRO 7 has new surveillance video and has uncovered more attacks in Washington state than even federal data shows.www.kiro7.com