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Should dams be constructed? :smiley: By Guru, Yan Tao, Shin Ngee, Raghul …

- - - - Thousands of Villagers in Rasi salai Dam were impacted and were set to protest at the dam site for a lack of compensation. the reservoir flooded the productive land they used for both agriculture and wetlands-based livelihoods, and destroyed the seasonally flooded forest.
      - Villagers living 5 kilometres upstream of Pak Mun's Dam
- - - - Renewable
        Hydroelectric energy is renewable. This means that we cannot use up. However, there’s only a limited number of suitable reservoirs where hydroelectric power plants can be built and even less places where such projects are profitable.
      - Green
        Generating electricity with hydro energy is not polluting itself. The only pollution occurs during the construction of these massive power plants.
      - Reliable
        Hydroelectricity is very reliable energy. There are very little fluctuations in terms of the electric power that is being by the plants, unless a different output is desired. Countries that have large resources of hydropower use hydroelectricity as a base load energy source. As long as there is water in the magazines electricity can be generated.
      - Flexible
        As previously mentioned, adjusting water flow and output of electricity is easy. At times where power consumption is low, water flow is reduced and the magazine levels are being conserved for times when the power consumption is high.
      - Safe
        Compared to among others fossil fuels and nuclear energy, hydroelectricity is much safer. There is no fuel involved (other than water that is).