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Hoover Dam

Hoover Dam
Spilling at Hoover Dam

Hydropower!

Hydropower!
The basic layout of a hydroelectric power project.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Periodical Resource

Anonymous. "End of a dammed nuisance." The Economist 8 Mar. 2008. 16 Apr. 2008 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1443102791&sid=5&Fmt=3&clientId=23999&RQT=309&VName=PQD>

The author is anonymous. This article talks about alternatives to dams in hydropower, like current turbines. It also gives details about the disadvantages of dams, like their affect on salmon runs. This article helped me by confirming a lot of things about the environmental effect of dams. Also it gave me information on alternative forms of hydropower.