Good article. There are issues with hydropower but it can definitely generate energy with very little costs. The thing that comes to my mind was the three gorges dam and the negative impact it caused. When the floods occurred, the floods were horrible. The neighboring countries were also facing droughts because of all the dams created and cutting off the flow of water.
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Thanks @jfang003 Actually, the cost to build hydropower is quite expensive, but that's only the initial cost. overall it would be cheaper when compared to fossil energy infrastructure. as long as risks such as dam collapse and drought don't occur
Yes but I heard the entire flooding issue in China was blamed on the dams. Because they only started releasing the water when it was already too late thus causing the damage to be increased.