Dams generate hopes and fears
Concerns about both climate change and safe energy supply in the post-Fukushima world have given a new impulse to one of Switzerland’s specialities: hydroelectricity.
It is not only newly-sparked fears about nuclear power that are prompting a rethink about hydroelectricity. Climate change is having a dramatic impact on Switzerland’s mountains, and as the glaciers melt, new lakes are being formed. These are being seen as both an opportunity and a danger.
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Dams definitely generate hopes. But I do not agree that they generate fears. If a dam is well conceived, properly planned, designed, constructed and properly maintained and regulated, there is no problem and no fear. The dam should be constructed only after considering views of the local people affected by it. It should be properly located . Detailed geological, hydrological investigations should be done. It should be properly designed and constructed as per the local conditions.