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Originally Posted by Accordowner
freebeard, I don't mean specifically you. But the proponents of Mega Hydro! The largest dam in the US and for many decades in the world, The Grand Coulee Dam was specifically built for refining plutonium. That dam produces so much electricity that it gets exported as far as Colorado and New Mexico! Meanwhile it is pretty much devoid of any Salmon that used to be found in abundance! And guess what, they have another 13 dams raping the same magnificent Columbia River!
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Salmon be dammed
. The only environment that matters is the human environment.
If people don't want to live in modernity, they can wander off into the wilderness and attempt to scrape by hunting and gathering. There won't be many following them into hunger and cold.
Funny how it's ok for "nature" to affect populations of species, but rape only if the human species has anything to do with it. It's non-sequitur on multiple fronts.