You think Environmentalists will let them get away with this? - Granite Grok

You think Environmentalists will let them get away with this?

HydrodamI don’t think so, given that environmentalists want that “pristine, noble savage environment for us all – nothing nowhere for nobody”:

The Energy Department released a report Tuesday identifying streams ripe for hydropower development in hopes of meeting an Obama administration goal of doubling electricity from that source by 2030.  The Oak Ridge National Laboratory analysis concluded that currently undeveloped streams could support roughly 65 gigawatts of new hydropower. Streams on lands currently under federal protection could host an additional 19 gigawatts, the report said.

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, speaking at a Washington conference hosted by the National Hydropower Association, said that amounted to more than double current production levels.  It’s time to “pull the cover off this hidden renewable right in front of our eyes,” Moniz said.

Sure, the want us all to disavow all fossil fuel usage but after accomplishing that, streams and rivers will be next.  It will always be a racheting downward on energy supply and usage – regardless of the demand demanded by the rest of us sane folks.  Remember, that bait fish that the Greenies so love in California has decimated the most productive growing area in the US.  Water for fish, no water for the food that feeds the world.

The push comes after President Obama signed into law last year a measure to spur development of small hydropower projects and revive non-producing dams. The National Hydropower Association estimates the law could spark 60 gigawatts of new hydropower by 2025.

Much of the hydropower potential identified in the report comes from the Pacific Northwest. Washington, Idaho and Oregon had the top, second- and fourth-most undeveloped capacity at 6.1, 4.9 and 4.5 gigawatts, respectively. Alaska clocked in at third, posing an opportunity to support slightly more than 4.5 gigawatts of hydropower.

No, any attempt to actually use those streams and rivers will be tied up in court for YEARS.  You watch – this will be Kabuki theater with the DOE proposing (and maybe even letting contracts) but the EPA and it’s collusion with the Green NGOs like the Sierra Club (via lawsuits filed “against” the EPA to act in certain ways FOR what they want it to do; consider it “Greenie Lawfare” against the rest of ordinary folks).

 

(H/T: Washington Examiner)

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