[hoosierham]

Hydropower is proven and economical in many areas.Solar can be economical in limited areas.Wind power is just unreliable and expensive except in very limited areas and applications.

But people who just “feel” they have the answers don’t want to be bothered with annoying facts .

[cripplecreek]

Michigan has some 3000 dams now with at least 200 of them with enough head (High enough with enough flow) to be effective power producers. Here are just two of the small dams that could be producing power.

pdf HYDROELECTRIC REDEVELOPMENT ARGO AND GEDDES DAMS FEASIBILITY STUDY CITY OF ANN ARBOR

The cost is comparable with erecting windmills but dams don't need to be rebuilt every 10 to 20 years plus they produce power all day every day.

[cripplecreek]

BTW hydro also does something that no other power production method can do. It actually creates wealth in the form of high dollar lakefront real estate.