improving the existing flood control dam and reservoir,
and strengthening levees can protect Sacramento from the worst floods reasonably imaginable, at far less cost. It is no wonder that the Army is not recommending the dam. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Fish and Wildlife Service actively oppose it.
At a time in which supplies of fossil fuels are diminishing, alternative fuels such as hydropower are becoming increasingly important. Hydropower is clean, efficient, dependable and largely renewable. In developing countries with the topography for dams they can plug much needed energy gaps that are required for development.