Scott Bosse
Scott Bosse
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The only time the dams are efficient at producing energy is during the spring runoff months. We can't simply flip a switch and release water that isn't there.
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Juvenile salmon have a biological clock that begins ticking as soon as they begin their trip to the ocean. They need to undergo changes that will allow them to adapt from fresh water creatures to salt water creatures and arrive at the ocean at the same time their bodies have completed the transformation.
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That means spilling water over the dams from spring until fall, 24 hours a day, as opposed to using turbines.
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When we had abundant cheap power there is less incentive to develop alternative sources of power. Now that we face scarce electricity supplies and much higher prices, that is changing.