Dams
topic on 5 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes
Cheeky Pint 
the Neon Show 
Catalyst 
How I Built This 
20VC
5 statements about Dams, every show
Weitzman: Hydroelectric capacity is fully maxed out globally
“So all the dams that can be dammed have been dammed. Hydro power is like the most efficient and easiest way to create. We just don't have ability to invest in hydro more.”
Handmer: Bureau of Reclamation has not built a major dam in 50 years
“The Bureau of Reclamation hasn't built a major dam in 50 years, so they've pretty much forgotten how at this point, I think.”
Kumar: Planting trees removes the need to build dams
“We development workers see tree as a, no need to build dams in our opinion. Keep planting trees.”
Swaminathan: Only 3% of the 79,000 US dams generate electricity
“What we had really understood through the process of you know, and advancing this hydro kinetics business plan was that there's 79,000 dams in the United States, and only three percent of them have power.”
Schneider: Dam ecological impact depends on water flow design, not size
“That again, as we've dug into this more, is that there, it does, it seems very clear as you dig into the science around the fact that there are small dams that have major negative impacts. It's not a size thing. You could have big dams, you could have small da…”