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One problem with hydro is we've long ago exhausted the easy wins, and then went on to build the kinda wash outs. See the fight over Glen canyon, which even its architect went on to admit was a mistake. The wins now are in closed loop pumped hydro; see https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-deal-with-pumped-hydro

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> which even its architect went on to admit was a mistake.

Who are you referring to? A quick Google search didn't confirm what you wrote.

> A number of prominent Westerners have spoken out against the dam over the years - Republican icon Barry Goldwater, former congressman and interior secretary Stewart Udall, his brother and another former congressman, Mo Udall, and David Brower, a patriarch of the environmental movement.

> All supported dam legislation in 1956. All now say it was a mistake. Goldwater calls the dam "the one vote I wish I could take back."

From https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/may/26/once-proud-symbol-g...

I meant architect as in "political architect"

Thanks for providing an update, but none of those people were the "architect" in any sense, political or otherwise.

The main person responsible for getting the dam built was Floyd Dominy, and he still supported the dam up to his death, which is why I asked in the first place.

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