DamNation: The Problem with Hydropower | Patagonia Films

[@flaviam2468]

4 years later and this is still one of my favourite documentaries - 3rd time watching!

[@GrandmaBev64]

Me too and I show it to anyone I can. Have you seen: "Artifishal"? You won't regret it.

[@wiledman2430]

Yes

[@floatingsidewalk1]

It was fun watching all the tech workers say free the river, then ride their kayaks down the river, then drive home to their tech jobs which all require millions of megawatts of power. Complete fraud.

[@emberdra90n]

Don’t mind me, this is for school. Edit: Wooo! For everyone who’s watching this for school, good luck! 3:08 Title 5:11 History Timeline starts 6:11 South Fork Dam Failure 9:24 Talk of dams in Yellowstone, Sierra Club, and Glenn Canyon 11:14 removal of Elwha and Olympic Park Dams 12:15 Kevin Yang interview 16:06 First Salmon Ceremony of Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe 19:35 Columbia River 31:30 Snake River 46:54 hatcheries 53:50 Glenn Canyon 1:02:06 environmental movements 1:22:16 the scissors

[@Koyomix86]

You dropped your crown king. I’m also here for school.

[@biggestp0ser]

also doing this for school youre goated

[@gmo33331]

Youre a king

[@t.holstrom8680]

King.

[@garnetlykacuello]

Thanks for this!! another one I recommend is 26:00 Celilo Falls

[@London755]

I keep coming back to this doc. I hope Patagonia can give these filmmakers a chance to make another film of this calibre.

[@-fishin]

No one will probably read this but this video was awesome. It made me feel every emotion, I learned more about dam removal, filming and editing and motivated me. Thank you

[@sammace5967]

I work for Save Our Wild Salmon in eastern Washington, working with stakeholders and community leaders to support removal of the four lower Snake River dams to restore wild salmon and steelhead. So grateful to the fantastic film-makers and Patagonia for creating this funny, poignant, heartbreaking, spot on film.

[@grizzlyaddams3606]

Got fight the mining companies from there too. We need help in Alaska bad. The Pebble Catastrophe is moving full speed ahead. These guys are full on Demonic and do not give a crap about people, fish or any living thing. All they care about is purposeful destruction of any environment that they think they can profit off of. Trump era deregulation as much as some of it was necessary as I am not anti-business but you've gotta have discernment. That means go where living things aren't. NOT part of the Pebble game plan. Their plan is to destroy the wild fishery on purpose so their friends in the fish farming business can then build fish farms all up and down the Alaska coastline. Then expand the mining district forever until the entire state is beholden to the evil of their ways. Truly sickening what these people have already done. I cannot imagine what kind of evil they will purport upon the native Alaskans in the area to get this unnecessary and dangerous project started.

[@RCPoliComm]

@KELLI2L2 Actually, nuclear can be done much better. See: France. What's wrong with nuclear? Yes, in the past there have been a few mishaps, but even those few errors have caused far less damage than burning coal for a year, or damming our world's most important rivers.

[@johnpaulschlegel8430]

Sam Mace 8 years ago I remember my dad and his friend taking us to go steelhead fishing on the snake river near Lewiston and every year after that i would ask my dad about the Steel head runs up the snake river and now I don’t bother asking anymore since I know it will be bad.

[@peterdorn5799]

OK I can understand bonneville & grand coulee won't be coming out, that battle can't be won, I will continue to advocate removing the 4 LSRD's

[@markdemell3717]

REVELATION 11:18.

[@a0kca1p]

The whole documentary is wonderful, but the Katie Lee/Glen Canyon segment (53:49) brought tears to my eyes. The combination of ancient indigenous and natural beauty, the feeling of fear and rapture in that sacred space, Katie Lee's own joie de vivre both then and now, the ache of realizing the magnitude of what was lost, all captured in stunning still and moving images and backed by a perfect soundscape ("Switzerland" by Daughter; amazing choice). Just beautiful filmmaking. Bravo.

[@timsteinkamp2245]

What? Her running around naked. Yea, really brought a lot of insight to the issue. What were they thinking? It will increase viewers?.

[@slome815]

Ah switzerland, the only european country that has the actual right idea by building actual new dams. 60% hydropower , one of the greanest countries out there. Lots of electrified railways all over the country too. And stable energy too, unlike germany, where every time the wind doesn't blow and it's cloudy, the lignite power plants are started right up. Girls running around naked on the other hand, is something I support wholeheartedly.

[@melaniejakubowycz2793]

The WANDERLUST I felt when I saw her photos and videos. I'm genuinely mourning a place that was taken before I was even alive.

[@marcuscollins7018]

These documentaries are sobering and mesmerizing. They make me contemplate my role in saving what we have left of our awesome natural resources. I wish all students could see these.

[@ranbymonkeys2384]

Why students? You have special plan for them do ya?

[@CONCERTMANchicago]

20:15 _There is a job waiting for this man anywhere throughout Red communist China, don't let door of progress hit you on the way out Mr. Dam the bro man 👞._

[@ranbymonkeys2384]

@@CONCERTMANchicago I think you have your own set of problems with your "progress" over there is Chicago don't ya. I mean how many people were shot during the typing of this comment???????

[@Okowa407]

This dam the three gorges dam is actually why the Baiji Yangtze river dolphin , paddlefish has no water to flow or survive and went extinct on the Yangtze The Yangtze, Yangzi, or officially Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia Chinese alligator Chinese giant salamander finless porpoise Chinese sturgeon Rare Chinese Sturgeon Not Reproducing, Close to Extinction Chinese sturgeon on the brink of extinction Dabry's sturgeon Yangtze giant softshell turtle After 140 Million Years, the Chinese Sturgeon May Soon Be Extinct Red and white giant flying squirrel Mongolian gazelle oh and guess what the The Chinese high-fin banded shark is a popular freshwater aquarium fish calls this river home the Yangtze River basin but no more cus of the three gorges dam is extinct all this life of planet earth save the Yangtze

[@Franklin-pc3xd]

When, in reality, whilst your version of "saving" resources is actually destroying our country as folks like you end up doing the bidding of the Zuckerbergs, Pichais and Newsoms of the world who can't get enough personal wealth and power by acting as agents of the CCP to destroy and pillage this country.

[@wendys390]

I have never thought about this and took all the dams for granted. What a fascinating, sobering and enthralling story, ten minutes in. I am getting a sense of good intentions about to go wrong, and must stick around to see where it leads. THANK YOU

[@kensurrency2564]

We’re already starting to see the unintended consequences of good intentions. Keep watching, it’s getting weird.

[@peanut1001x]

you should've thgt of it

[@wendys390]

@@peanut1001x Better late than never.

[@kantiano]

On 1:00:06: Simply, one of the best photograph that I've ever seen in my whole life. Thanks for show us the magnificence of Nature.

[@stephcollins9346]

1:00:29 I think does the exact same thing

[@LostLakes]

Clicked on this randomly on a Friday night. Couldn't stop watching. Exceptional. Thank you!

[@wiledman2430]

This is my favorite documentary

[@angelawilliams7463]

Powerful! I am so glad I found this film. Still extremely relevant today in 2024.

[@matthewnoland9206]

Very excited for this to come out. Patagonia films are world class and extremely motivational!

[@ningalls9905]

Just note that this film came out in 2014, It just hasn't been online for free until now

[@matthewnoland9206]

@@ningalls9905 You are correct! I watched it when it was originally released!

[@Treecareproj]

I would love to be able to help out

[@Okowa407]

This dam the three gorges dam is actually why the Baiji Yangtze river dolphin , paddlefish has no water to flow or survive and went extinct on the Yangtze The Yangtze, Yangzi, or officially Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia Chinese alligator Chinese giant salamander finless porpoise Chinese sturgeon Rare Chinese Sturgeon Not Reproducing, Close to Extinction Chinese sturgeon on the brink of extinction Dabry's sturgeon Yangtze giant softshell turtle After 140 Million Years, the Chinese Sturgeon May Soon Be Extinct Red and white giant flying squirrel Mongolian gazelle oh and guess what the The Chinese high-fin banded shark is a popular freshwater aquarium fish calls this river home the Yangtze River basin but no more cus of the three gorges dam is extinct all this life of planet earth save the Yangtze

[@Wing8565]

Absolutely brilliant well done 👍 thanks for the film good job

[@George_Ren]

Thank you for sharing this well informed documentary. Long live Mother Nature

[@thejew1789]

Watched this for a university course. Originally procrastinated a lot. I’m glad I watched it.

[@marywells9881]

so much thoughtful discussion, gives hope that working and fighting for the good of the whole earth must be the goal.

[@stevemchadd]

Fantastic film, many thanks for putting this out there.

[@alexanderhillary7682]

Absolutely fantastic, thank you for sharing this resource.

[@buildgreatproducts4664]

What an incredible piece of work!! I will never think of Dams the same way again.

[@jakubjabl]

Thank you for that inspirational story! I really like that you do highlight that there are some dams that we need but most of them are just unnecessary.

[@chris432t6]

Got sucked into this documentary again and if i've commented on it in the past im sure it had to be positive. Lee is a true hero along with everyone else involved in the making of this great documentary film. Bravo! Thank you!

[@brendanvierk7039]

I was rather appreciative of your inclusion of an opposing view in the form of the hydropower operator of the dam being deconstructed at the onset of the documentary. The gentleman seemed to be the only credible advocate for the continuation of hydropower in your documentary. I think that many dams will likely still be needed. But clearly many such as those on the Snake River are not necessary, even truly detrimental. And, thanks for making me laugh! Brilliant protest!

[@taradufour2187]

Best documentary of the year. Thank you !

[@cbarefoot3]

I’m a licensed professional engineer that specializes in dams. This was a very well made documentary. I especially felt sympathetic for cultures who were connected to a free flowing river. However, I would like to point out for discussion, that hydropower is not the only benefit of a dam. They provide drinking water for millions. Perhaps more importantly, they control floods. By impounding water and letting it out at a controlled rate dams saves lives. No question that dams inhibit the migration of fish species. This is despite our best efforts to mitigate the issue. Earnest trying to meet both sides of the issue. I am gratefully a public servant, and will continue to engineer dams to the best of my ability based on what the public I serve desires. I just wanted to give another point of view other than “hydropower vs. salmon or other migratory fish”. Dams do so much more than providing hydropower.

[@Franklin-pc3xd]

The piece was sponsored and promulgated by the enemies of America to destroy our resources.

[@casaavila7857]

Finally somebody whit común sense , I completely don't understand what's going on. Whit the people that want to destroyed the dams! Obviously they don't understand the benefits of the. Dams.

[@keyboard_slap]

I'm sure the natural gas industry loves your work

[@captaincake4331]

This is going to sit with me for a long time. I live in the Pacific Northwest and simply can't look at Dam's the same. An incredible documentary that more need to see.

[@thomassorensen9749]

Wow this is so awesome, they have been taking out a 250 yr old mill dam next to my house. So many are upset but from what I can tell it’s because it is something of comfort cause they grew up with it. I am glad to see an unused dam go, why maintain something that isn’t being used.. and since a boy I have always wanted to see the Native America before settlers came, so this to me is monumental to happen in my life and to a dam right next to my house, I get to witness Temple streams freedom and rebirth. I wish I got involved as a younger man but still glad some others answered the tug on their heart to make a difference instead of contributing too it.

[@PaddletaleAdventures]

Beautifully done! Keep on being a steward to our rivers and its ecosystem.

[@Okowa407]

This dam is actually why Las Vegas has no water to survive

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Glad this is available to watch on KZbin. Thank you!

[@getEarthlinged]

In Denmark er remove a lot of small old dams, but we still have the biggest one that extinct the Atlantic Salmon 90 years ago in Denmark's longest river. 3 Vestas windmills could replace the powerplant. The argument is that a few rich people live with a view over the lake. Think of having a wonderful river in your backyard full og wild Salmon - maybe at least as beautyful... Now we only have the imagination of a wild flowing river. One Day ... That film was so interesting and full og Hope. Thank you from little Denmark.

[@damonchampion823]

So good. Definitely worth a watch 🙏🏻

[@lorenzoquaglietta6551]

Thank you very much for this great doc!!! May all humans realize the importance of free-flowing rivers and help restoring them!

[@gedforcey]

Excellent doco'. I'm much better informed and care a lot more now And the the ending... priceless. God bless her. What an angel she was too, her naked beauty was a perfect compliment to those amazing canyons. Bravo!!

[@leahtheanimationfan40]

I was assigned to watch this for one of my Geography college courses and I'm really glad. This documentary was one of the best I've ever seen and shined a lot of light on a topic I've never thought about before

[@jovenaldomingo1123]

Miracle water is pure gold think,Our life using miracle miracle water resources here under ground and up lands??think non humans holding the brooms with lighter trash dry leaves,One year here homes here burning trash daily when it rains left overs burns trash on the ground goes down under ground, contamination to canals rivers lakes n oceans sad but true 07

[@edpeesker5087]

Great documentary!!! Simply amazing

[@jeremyellis1262]

seeing the dam side of the river turn green is so rewarding

[@legolas0305]

I stay in Scotland. Every loch I have seen has a fishery on it. I loved this documentary!! Keep it coming and I will keep watching.

[@zooski151]

Wow. Thank you for producing such videos. Although I am deeply familiar with the issue being a avid fisherman, this is the way to teach the masses. God Bless.

[@sebadelacruz7319]

Nice message, thanks Yvon & company

[@christiantinman]

Thank you to Ben and the whole team for this amazing Docie.... So needed. So powerfull.

[@madiemcmillian2696]

very moving and inpiring thank for dedicating time to shed light on this!!!

[@timm6112]

Incredibly beautiful, informative, and thought-provoking documentary. Thank you for doing this.

[@Jonny-nr1pp]

Very awesome video y'all!

[@gup8175]

"This is federal, this is their river" That sums up how "our" government feels about us and the countries resources. One of the saddest films i've ever viewed, Thanks Patagonia for making this film.

[@johnadams5245]

yeah that sounded like bullshit, have they faced punishment?

[@deborahwood694]

I agree. I cried. It's horrible and we all knew it ... and have for decades that is what's so sad. We KNOW our government is greedy and corrupt in the business of creating government.

[@jamestaylor6041]

This is one of the most powerful and truthful documentaries I have ever watched , I THANK YOU AND THE PARTICIPANCE AND THEIR ACTIONS and for having the BALLS to make such a great eye opener, WELL DONE TO YOU ALL .

[@oldi6btm6t9d4]

Now this . . . this is powerful! As an ichthyology enthusiast, I've never found such a deep expression of the wounds dams give to our mother earth. Thank you.

[@RCAVDH]

What a beautiful movie! Thank you for sharing!

[@jonathanschlehr5512]

I really wish you guys would do a documentary like this and "Artifishal" on the fight to save the Everglades and Florida Bay.

[@pinschrunner]

Glyphosate now sprayed by the sugar cane industry to dry the crop quickly is ruining both. Green slimy water runoff is the result. Chokes off human and animal life yearly now. No one needs weed killer on their sugar

[@maroufsultanzada4334]

How they replace energy? (electricity.power)?

[@Chompchompyerded]

@@pinschrunner We need undamaged nature. I am sorry to hear that it has become so bad in Florida, and I hope that changes. I'm also glad that I don't use sugar. Though that wasn't my aim in living a sugar free (including high fructose corn syrup) life, I'm glad to know that I'm not contributing to the destruction of Florida's habitat. Our food is plenty good without sugar, and the stuff that gets lots of sweeteners added to it, whether i be plant derived sucrose, or artificial sweeteners, is really horrible to one's body. We can all give up a few things for the planet's sake, and for our own sake if we put our minds to it.

[@Chompchompyerded]

@@maroufsultanzada4334 The electric power is easily replaced now by just a few windmills. Three or four wind turbines will generate as much energy as one entire dam, and as the technology becomes more refined it is getting to the place where even the slightest breeze will turn the blades. There is no place on the planet where wind doesn't blow at the height of a standard wind turbine for more than a few seconds, which makes them an ideal form of electric generation. They do have their drawbacks and environmental impact, but the impact they have is far less than that caused by hydro-electric dams. I'm sure as technology advances more options will be added to the mix. I have one idea which I believe would work extremely well, though since I'm not an engineer I can't get anyone to listen, or to take it seriously. I don't care if I never make a cent off of it if it will help reduce or eliminate the need to burn fossil fuels and or damming up rivers. The basic idea is to use light focused through a series of lenses and mirrors onto a metal block which thus heated, and with water pumped through it, would generate steam to turn turbines. At the same time it can be used to pressurize large pressure tanks which could be used during the night or in cloudy weather to keep the turbines running, thus providing electricity 24/7. I give this idea freely for the sake of the planet and future generations of humankind throughout the world. It's simple, and all it needs is an engineer and some money to bring it to reality. Old buildings and abandoned structures could be given new life this way. Abandoned steel mills and automotive plants in the rust belt could be given new life by mounting fresnel lenses built into the roofs of these buildings would be the first step in focusing the light to create the necessary heat. Whereas electricity could be stored in batteries, pressure tanks would have much less of an overall environmental impact than batteries would, and the recycling of pressure tanks would be much less of a problem than dumping tons of spent batteries with all their heavy metals and acids onto the land. When a pressure tank has gone through its maximum number of safe cycles it would be much less damaging to melt them down and make them anew. All the way around it's a much cleaner solution, and also brings the possibility of new jobs to a part of the country which has suffered greatly from the exit of jobs. So there it is. Stupidly simple, just no one has thought of it before. If anyone knows of an engineer, pass it on. It could be the way most electricity is made in the future.

[@pinschrunner]

@@Chompchompyerded windmills are used for geo-engineering. They also cause illness in humans and animals. Not Don Quixotes windmill any more

[@Tupunaforever]

Fantastic, great work people, thankyou....from New Zealand

[@darbslohcin]

Superb documentary. These people have real courage. They are willing to sacrifice their lives to make a difference. As was said by Edward Abby, "Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."

[@ericdubois2492]

Beautiful work of art. stunning.

[@alexandrejobin4924]

One of the most powerful environmental movie of the past decade..

[@mobilemarshall]

Have you even been alive for a decade?

[@JasonSmith-dd2ms]

Bravo filmmaker(s). Powerful stuff.

[@casienwhey]

This was excellent. Hats off to all those trying to make a difference in dam removal and salmon recovery.

[@kerimccabe2931]

Their plan is not to help salmon. They just make it seem like that. They forget to look at the reality of the situation and forget that there isn’t native fish left that they plan on saving. Most hatcheries aren’t like that. Look at the organization Hatchery/Wild CoExist. They are trying to get salmon back but keep getting stepped on by brands like Patagonia.

[@thenoisyhwa]

Thank you for making and sharing this!

[@sammace5967]

And for folks who want to learn more about the history of dam building in America, I recommend the classic Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner. Read it it my 20s and it turned me into a river advocate.

[@dudeonbike800]

Took the words right out of my mouth! An excellent book ok that every westerner should read.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Great show. Lots of great Folk. The dam builders too.

[@patriciatyrcha3059]

This was SO well done and unexpectedly emotional!! I want everyone to see this. Thank you so much ~ ~ ~

[@ranshort]

red pill right there !

[@Okowa407]

This dam is actually why Las Vegas has no water to survive

[@codybrooks2696]

This is an exceptional production. Incredibly well done, and relays the importance of river ecosystem restoration and preservation. I'll never think of dams the same again.

[@TritoxHDTV]

Fantastic work, Patagonia! It gives me hope for our world after seeing what you are doing and the projects your are producing. Keep it up!

[@Okowa407]

This dam is actually why Las Vegas has no water to survive

[@jcrawdawg7470]

amazing video.thank you to all involved

[@London755]

Hey Patagonia, I'm so glad you made this documentary freely available on KZbin. I already paid for it earlier because I loved seeing it on Netflix. please hire these guys to make more quality docs like this. If you do, I promise to go buy some more of your quality clothing even though it's a stretch on my budget.

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

@Malone's Cones Good Ice Cream yup, consumerism and liberalism is killing the planet.

[@usernotfound904]

I wear Patagonia bc of this

[@uzemaza]

Exactly! Keep on pushing!!!

[@uzemaza]

Powerful documentary!! Lets unite, innovate and create solutions under the creator who showed all people how to care for Mother Earth. Ancient traditional teachings that must be upheld for all people/living creatures/ plants.

[@briannadon7513]

Hats off, Ben Knight, to you and the crew who worked on this project. Inspiring. Thank you.

[@Okowa407]

This dam is actually why Las Vegas has no water to survive

[@logonclary1534]

@@Okowa407 it’s the only reason Las Vegas has water. It’s the desert

[@beklerken1]

Brings tears to my eyes to see people winning thats fighting for nature to thrive. Great docos.

[@aaronhagler8455]

Patagonia- through your youtube and incredibly powerful documentary’s, I have found so much respect for this company. I love how these documentary’s show all sides of the issue, and lead the viewer towards the most logical, and ethical opinion, without ever shoving it in their face. Thank you for these documentary’s I hope there will be more to come!

[@Okowa407]

This dam is actually why Las Vegas has no water to survive

[@AustinTheTree]

Just watched this for my Recreation Planning class and loved every second! Can’t wait to dig deeper with my classmates tomorrow! Thanks Patagonia for the great film!

[@robertoneill4774]

Most definitely the best documentary I’ve seen in my life totally moving to my soul and spirit thank you for all your hard work and dedication and willingness to help save our wonderful planet

[@michaelbrown7389]

Subscribed. Brilliant documentary

[@glenjo0]

The change on the Elwha has been amazing.

[@gwayne919]

Excellent. If I wish, I wish I were such things restoring America to its pristine past. Thanks to all of those who made this video possible.

[@IntrinsiqFilms]

I bought this years ago. On DVD, and this quality is stunning! BEST HUGS FOR MAKING THIS PUBLIC (AVAILABLE)!

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

Gross

[@nialldargan4929]

Absolutely brilliant stuff.

[@paigecarlson5189]

Hey, Patagonia! Love, love, love the film! Truly inspiring. One thing: If you do indeed text "DAM" to the number listed, it says, "Tell Pres. Obama to crack down on deadbeat dams..." Time for an update! Much love.

[@JOltmann0789]

Wow. Powerful documentary. 🙏

[@jefffreeman644]

"we don't have to do anything for them except leave them alone" What a great documentary 👍

[@johnklemmedson6527]

Did anyone else notice the AWESOME beer save @ 1:26:10 during the credits? The perfect ending to a very important and well made film. Cheers!

[@Dodgy_Dave]

I am actually speechless. This film simply blew my mind. Excellent storytelling on such an important matter. Free the rivers

[@thegreenguy7268]

Great documentary... enlightening...👍👍

[@alexmenard7981]

Thanks for this beautiful film :) Here in Québec we're big producer of hydropower. We always think of hydro as being super clean, but it's good to have a healthy reminder of what the adverse effects can be. We just have to be smart about how we manage all this. The day we'll start taking into account the environmental cost of things, it will change the way we make business world. Merci beaucoup :) Cheers to everyone :)

[@eoingleeson8323]

Very insightful and well presented documentary. Interesting, that economic benefits are still presented and exhausted before environmental benefits are explored.

[@wreams2964]

I love how Patagonia shows both sides of the problem. That’s smart.

[@pinkyfull]

They did an exceedingly poor job of showing the "positive". Or of alternative solutions. I speak as someone that genuinely supports dam removal projects. But there is a lot they didn't show.

[@kevin.kelly.1]

@@pinkyfull You can only show so much in 90 minutes.

[@jagz926]

Couldnt agree more

[@compteofficiel4112]

@@pinkyfull why waste time and energy on something everyone learned in 2nd grade though? of course dams provide electricity and water for farms..we all know that already! if that one dam can be replaced by "3 windmills" there's a good part of your alternative solution, in case forgot about solar...and besides that, it is still possible to generate power from a river without a dam! it is also possible for people to start really getting serious about conserving energy and water....a huge amount of electricity and water is simply wasted.

[@harrisonclark3799]

no they showed a counter arguments and deconstructed them. Did you notice how the guy talks about how amazing the fish are and then they show how they are treated in hatcheries? The film takes a clear stance on dam removal, and the only reason they show counterpoints is to deconstruct them.

[@lc285]

Well done. Informational. POWERFUL.

[@DukeofSanchez]

I actually got caught up in Lee Spencer's story and romantically considered being a fish watch volunteer. It seems like a peaceful existence.

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Many things can be learned from watching fish. Victor Schauberger discovered vortex energy by doing that, many principles of hydronautica and aerodynamica now use his work.

[@TheFarmersFarmington]

I’m glad people realize that all clean energy sources have environmental costs but we need more than just wind and solar guys. Nuclear and hydro are really powerful backbone sources that solar and wind can’t come close to touching. We may have to sacrifice a few watersheds.

[@pasticcinideliziosi1259]

Exactly, it’s impossible to make everyone happy

[@randygrein5711]

Both nuclear and hydro have costs. The biggest cost is the loss of salmon and other riparian species - something we MAY be able to manage with a more mature view of hydro projects and a view of equitable management of resources. Nuclear power has only 2 problems; the cost (nuclear is the highest cost electrical generation source, period) and our failure to commit to a final repository for waste disposal. Some are incorrectly making claims about 'new engineering' and thorium, but ignoring that both have waste disposal requirements. Even if spent fuel is ignored (thorium would theoretically be completely consumed) contaminated equipment, ore and manufacturing residue are still hot enough to need care in disposal. All of these issues need to be balanced and the cost added to the decision. All solutions have costs. Claiming they do not exist is sheer fantasy, and while I enjoy reading fantasy I don't base my real world decisions on it.

[@sbboy333]

Wind power has a ton of negative costs, but apparently we care more about salmon than the birds, bats and bees

[@torbit]

This film absolutely blew me away. Well done.

[@owenb7911]

Dear Patagonia, please do a documentary on the drying up basin of the Murray Darling in Australia due to greedy corporations building dams and forcing farmers to buy water when theyre deaperate

[@phantomwalker8251]

the chinese own it now.like 1/2 of aus.i know for a fact,millions of ltrs,just run out to sea,in n aus.even here in s.a.,the wineries dump water from springs they built around as theres too much.all this could be used.we pay a premium for something that is in abundance,but wasted.we could all have free power if tesla got his way,but,its free,cant have that.so your choice is,dead fish,or nuke fusion.

[@owenb7911]

phantom walker yeah, its appalling how its so unknown here and the mainstream media refuses to do a cover because coalition government is behind this bs and no one knows

[@ReaLzEdits]

@@owenb7911 I think FriendlyJordies is doing a documentary on the water corruption in the Murray. Seems pretty flat out right now though so we might have to wait.

[@adlozi]

and river Kalamas in Greece..

[@lynndonharnell422]

Topher Field yt channel did a series on this some time ago.

[@yogeshdahiya3871]

Amazing: ossam: fantastic: Great work team Patagonia

[@MobileGames-Shorts]

Thanks for your work @Patagonia. I hope your passion and work get more attention for our future.

[@umserapenas]

Loved it. Thank you. I wish the same would be done in Portugal.

[@NicK-qc6nm]

What a savage, filmer who filmed the damn explode deserves a raise lol 😂😂

[@651Outdoors]

Thanks you for sharing this. Have not watched it since it was on Netflix when it first came out.

[@suncentury7020]

This is such an important documentary. People need to know more about the many mistakes that have brought us to where we are today,and not repeat them.😭❤️🌍✌️

[@jessehermreck7134]

A great inspirational watch. Everyone can do something!

[@pumpupthevolume4775]

You guys are heroes. Thank you for standing up for nature, ecosystems and the future. This is a well done documentary.

[@thevinceberry]

You might want to check their sub contractor and how they are polluting rivers as we speak. Same waterways that we get our seafood

[@TylerGrant]

Well done. Thank you for sharing this with the public. There is a glimmer of hope that what we thought was lost forever may have a chance to come back.

[@brendonbentley6617]

This is a most excellent documentary! You so clearly and excellently allow arguments from both sides of the spectrum and equally demonstrate the successes of such. Your work was a pleasure to view. Thanks. Although I do not agree with the point of view to destroy dams, I sure have deeper insight into why one would want to do it and who knows, perhaps you planted the seed for a change of heart. Please consider that every watt of power not generated by water has to be generated in some other way and often this comes down to a more severe negative impact on the earth. Due to the density of water and the control that a dam allows over its storage it is much more productive and predictable than wind or solar (only day time) as a source. The hydroelectric generators are rotating machines that synchronise to the grid such that it is not required to store energy in a battery (effectively the energy is stored as gravitational potential energy in the water head).

[@randogame4438]

Every abandoned, non-productive dam should be removed tho.

[@ratemisia]

@@randogame4438 Or, in the case of large dams formerly used for hydroelectric power generation and now abandoned rather than old earthworks for a lake or recreational facility or whatnot: refurbished, to generate more carbon-neutral energy while minimizing ecological impacts (which there has been much research into in recent years.) Hydroelectric power is possibly the best tested green energy source in history, after all.

[@ratemisia]

In general, I'd say this is a very one-sided documentary, and makes some false generalizations - focusing on a lot of the worst cases in dam history, like the St. Francis Dam, and giving poorly researched accounts of them at that. They continue this by taking statistics about small earthen dams "over 2 feet in height," and applying them to _all_ dams, when in fact many modern hydroelectric power plants have solved the issues faced by these dams and are continuing to work to reduce their environmental impacts. It's the same story with nuclear power - a couple bad apples spoil the bunch.

[@Okowa407]

This dam the three gorges dam is actually why the Baiji Yangtze river dolphin , paddlefish has no water to flow or survive and went extinct on the Yangtze The Yangtze, Yangzi, or officially Chang Jiang is the longest river in Asia Chinese alligator Chinese giant salamander finless porpoise Chinese sturgeon Rare Chinese Sturgeon Not Reproducing, Close to Extinction Chinese sturgeon on the brink of extinction Dabry's sturgeon Yangtze giant softshell turtle After 140 Million Years, the Chinese Sturgeon May Soon Be Extinct Red and white giant flying squirrel Mongolian gazelle oh and guess what the The Chinese high-fin banded shark is a popular freshwater aquarium fish calls this river home the Yangtze River basin but no more cus of the three gorges dam is extinct all this life of planet earth save the Yangtze

[@steveempidogreynolds4413]

What a brilliant inspirational film......gives me HOPE....

[@alexandraarimes3027]

Thank you so much for making this. More people need to be aware of the dire situation of freshwater, and that dams are not a solution but a problem. I've been watching other documentaries about other areas of the world building dams and it absolutely broke my heart, so to see from your film that there is hope that we can turn this situation around is such a beautiful thing. Thank you.

[@e-curb]

Let's build a coal burning power plant instead.

[@pjm6939]

@@e-curb My thoughts exactly. But the coal powerplant doesn't do flood control, recreation, and irrigation to boot. Our modern way of living doesn't exist without dams. These uninformed crusaders don't have a clue.