We dream of green casinos!
I'm sure there's some impact, but I've seen the "fish ladders" at these dams and, when I was there, a lot of fish were using the ladders to get upstream. There might be some "bitching-without-substance" going on here.
“Hunting is cruel. Get your meat from the grocery store”
A lithium battery pack the size of a shipping container? Holy cow! That things made up of a 3D matrix of individual cells. Must be millions of em in a volume that size. All it takes is one sick cell to get hot...230degrees F...and it goes into a RTE (Runaway Thermal Event). Fire....thats hot enough to melt glass and there aint no putting it out. Something that big will burn for days or even weeks.
Gee, no cost analysis? No battery life estimate? Odd?
"In more recent news, the first large-scale battery from Tesla delivered to the The Nez Perce Indians of northern Idaho in November, caught fire and burned fiercely for two days. The ground around the installation is being tested as it is feared that the fire has spread lithium oxide throughout the area, poisoning the ground and polluting the water table. The Nez Perce Indian tribe has filed a suit against the government charging that the government provided a storage facility that they knew was highly dangerous. An attorney representing the tribe stated, "This installation illustrates the continuing history of abuse and neglect of the Nez Perce tribe!" "
One major problem not cited in the article is damage done by sea lions in the Columbia River, into which the Snake River feeds. Portlandia insanity prevailed and the sea lions are protected from culling for eating the salmon in the river. And they’re so cute and intelligent, and ‘endangered’.
How much destruction has been brought on by some fish you can buy at the grocery store?