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EndlessHalftime t1_ixdd93u wrote
Reply to comment by kevdogger in U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. by doginasweater39
You’re ignoring the fact that old dams including these need massive upgrades to have a new license approved. They were also built long before current seismic design standards. Dam safety isn’t something you want to shortcut. Oroville dam didn’t even fail and it cost a billion dollars to repair.
The project is driven by money. Any environmental benefits are an added bonus.
EndlessHalftime t1_ixdbq6j wrote
Reply to comment by ribcracker in U.S. regulators approved a plan to demolish four dams on the lower Klamath River and open hundreds of miles of salmon habitat in the largest dam-removal and river-restoration project in the world. by doginasweater39
Not 2% of California’s power. 2% of PacificCorp’s power, which is just one company.
EndlessHalftime t1_j5v2jln wrote
Reply to comment by EngagingData in Total Water Stored in California's Snowpack and Reservoirs [OC] by EngagingData
One pice I think you may be missing is that not all of the snowpack is useful. Snowpack in a reservoir’s watershed is basically additional water in the reservoir. But snowpack that does not melt to a reservoir is will just flow into the ocean.
So you’re adding water (damed) with snow (damed and undamed). It’s not something that’s really fair to add together.
Or that’s accounted for in the 2016 paper and I just misunderstood.