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Environment & Energy

hunter

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2. I hope I live long enough to see this dam removed.

Reply to hatrack (Original post)

Thu Jul 24, 2025, 08:53 PM

Jul 24

These dams are like ticking time bombs. If global warming causes the collapse of our world civilization I worry that future generations might not have the industrial capacity to safely remove large dams, in which case the dams will fail naturally with devastating consequences downstream.

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Worrisome to say the least Mike 03 Jul 24 #1

I hope I live long enough to see this dam removed. hunter Jul 24 #2