Snake River dam removal

[Catpaws]

I'd like to help the salmon. One thing that I can't live with is solar power. It is 45% more per kilowatt hour than hydro.
If you can not afford something it is 100% worthless to you. Things cost enough now and are only getting worse.

[Glenview94602]

Originally Posted by volosong

How is the Snake important to NID? We have our own rivers, and resultant lakes, up here.

I'm referring to the five northernmost counties. Don't know much about Moscow or Lewiston, other than passing through them on the way further south.

Believe me much of Lewiston's economy depends on the river. A dam would keep barges from calling at Lewiston (or Clarkston across the river). I'm as much as a Democrat as one can find in these parts but the dams will hurt North Central Idaho. Not to mention the neighboring counties in WA specifically Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, and Whitman which rely on grain shipping. However since this is an Idaho forum, I hope that Lewiston will get Idaho to sue. Think of the paper mill, the port where grain is shipped, and the dock where cruise ships stop. Lewiston loses this if they destroy the dams in the hope of a salmon run again. Lewiston / Nez Perce is a major employment center and the economies of Clearwater, Lewis, and Idaho counties in the state of ID depend on it by proxy.

[509]

Originally Posted by Catpaws

I'd like to help the salmon. One thing that I can't live with is solar power. It is 45% more per kilowatt hour than hydro.
If you can not afford something it is 100% worthless to you. Things cost enough now and are only getting worse.

I have a "solar" house...it is really a propane and wood heat house.

And it costs much, much more than 45% per kilowatt hour. Somewhere between a factor of four or five.

[Syringaloid]

https://www.boisestatepublicradio.or...bc-documentary

Idaho's struggle to save wild salmon is the focus of a BBC documentary
Published November 23, 2021 at 1:50 PM MST

Looks like the photo at the link is at Payette Lake in McCall.