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Dam removal raises questions

The Spokesman-Review

Recent letters concerning the Snake River dams bring some interesting questions.

The dams come out. How do all the products shipped by barge get delivered? Water is the most efficient mode of moving large volumes of cargo.

The wind does not blow every day; where will we get power then? How many trucks will it take to replace the barges? Grain alone will require 200 trucks per day.

What happens to the jobs created by the dams? Where do we get the water to sustain the farms? How much are you willing to pay for groceries?

The last study done on dam removal stated it would take 50 to 80-plus years for the sediment to dissipate from behind the dams. Are you willing to gamble that 70 years from now the salmon will be back? The best science suggests there is far more at play here than the dams.

You cannot “unring” a bell. The Snake will never be as it once was.

Tom Meise

Washtucna, Wash.

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