Coolkidbozzy [he/him]

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  • The blog post is a little misleading. It’s all about tradeoffs. Hydropower is also extremely impactful to the natural environment. It changes the ecology of a river, disrupting nutrient/sediment flows and harming fish such as salmon. Literally any source of power generation is disruptive to the local environment, including offshore wind. I’m not an ecologist, but studies would need to be performed to determine how destructive new energy infrastructure would be to a given ecosystem.

    Because Norway is an energy exporter, how much surplus energy is worth generating at the cost of the natural environment is a political question. However, if Europe ever stops demanding natural gas, having surplus electricity is a good way for Norway to stay wealthy in the long-term.

    Norway is very beautiful and it’s worth protecting as much of it as possible, but I don’t live there and would need to know more to have an informed opinion