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It's complicated because the dams produce energy but also have some very serious downsides. I hear the arguments for removing the dams and I want to agree with them, but the energy produced allows us to avoid burning things. Someday, I think Washington will be less dependent on hydroelectric, but I'm super comfortable with what we have now.
By a weird coincidence, my brother who is quite conservative wants to remove all the dams. He is a fly fisherman.
txwhitedove
(3,944 posts)JHB
(37,179 posts)The map only shows the type that has the highest percentage per state.
Time to turn fossil fuel industry into modern day whip and buggy companies
Brother Buzz
(36,538 posts)My little sister was comptroller for Sierra Pacific Power, and I had to laugh when she told me how she would place orders for coal, 125 railroad cars at a time, like she was placing an order for a sack of potatoes.
farmbo
(3,123 posts)USEPA Energy Profile...
For decades, the primary fuel for electricity generation in Ohio was coal. However, in 2019, natural gas provided more in-state electricity than coal for the first time. Seven of Ohios 10 largest power plants by capacity are coal-fired, but only 6 are among the 10 largest power plants based on the amount of electricity actually generated.74,75 In recent years, coals share of generation and the number of coal-fired power plants in the state have decreased.76 In 2019, 6%, or 750 megawatts, of the states coal-fired generating capacity was retired, but coal still fueled 39% of the states net generation that year.77,78,79 Rising natural gas-fired generation has offset much of the power supply lost from retired coal-fired power plants. Electricity generation from natural gas increased from about 3% of the states generation in 2009 to 43% in 2019.80,81