← Back to context Comment by bluGill 6 hours ago You have to have something to keep the water contained between the two. 3 comments bluGill Reply bryanlarsen 5 hours ago But those aren't dams. Dams are something that stops the flow of water. And it's this stoppage that causes the environmental problems.Reservoir walls might look like dams, but they're not dams. crote 44 minutes ago The main enviromental complaint is in flooding huge areas of land, which is the case with both dams and reservoir walls. bluGill 5 hours ago Pedantically you are correct. However you are completely missing the point.
bryanlarsen 5 hours ago But those aren't dams. Dams are something that stops the flow of water. And it's this stoppage that causes the environmental problems.Reservoir walls might look like dams, but they're not dams. crote 44 minutes ago The main enviromental complaint is in flooding huge areas of land, which is the case with both dams and reservoir walls. bluGill 5 hours ago Pedantically you are correct. However you are completely missing the point.
crote 44 minutes ago The main enviromental complaint is in flooding huge areas of land, which is the case with both dams and reservoir walls.
But those aren't dams. Dams are something that stops the flow of water. And it's this stoppage that causes the environmental problems.
Reservoir walls might look like dams, but they're not dams.
The main enviromental complaint is in flooding huge areas of land, which is the case with both dams and reservoir walls.
Pedantically you are correct. However you are completely missing the point.