In the United States, we do not build dams, we dismantle them because of the damage caused to the environment (more than 700 since 1975). The reservoirs, in fact, emit more greenhouse gases due to the decomposition of flooded organic matter than other power plants. Our neighbors to the South undoubtedly assume that Quebec, ready to alter its territory, will offer electricity at advantageous prices. The future energy needs of the United States will be met in particular by solar energy.
The Quebec government does not seem connected to this reality. Arguing for carbon neutrality in 2050, he wishes to harness other of the most sumptuous rivers. […]
It is not domestic consumption, in fact, which requires the TW h that we are supposed to need, but the Ford and other Northvolt factories which reap the largesse of Quebecers without guarantee of return on their investment. These questionable investments are made by people surfing on an outdated notion of growth. The sector of the future is public transport — including rail for passengers and goods, incomparably less expensive than a highway and helping to slow down the industrial predation of the planet.
A dam on the crystal clear waters of the Petit Mécatina river is a scar in the landscape, disfiguring one of the clearest waterways in America. The same goes for the Magpie and others. The rivers of Quebec belong to a nature whose intangible character the Amerindians, likely to claim the right of the first occupant, had the wisdom to recognize.
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