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To: Brumar89 who wrote (7112)	4/9/2009 7:27:10 PM
From: Eric	Respond to of 86356

They have backed off a number of large projects due to the environmental effects. That was very poorly understood in the 1920's and 1930's but is pretty well known now. Still there is a lot of low head power potential left but it doesn't add up to very much. When Grand Coulee is running full tilt it's putting out more energy than 6 large nukes running. Here is a link about the dam and it's impacts: Grand Coulee Dam and the Columbia Basin Project dams.org If you ever get a chance to see Grand Coulee you will be impressed. Unfortunately you cannot tour inside the old original part of the dam, only the Third powerhouse built in the early 70's. Just one of the large generators in that powerhouse can run the entire city of Seattle. Fortunately my dad took me and my brother through the entire dam in the late 1960's when I was in high school. You cannot go through it now except for a portion of the Third powerhouse as a result of 9/11. It's guarded like Fort Knox now...