Author Question: In the United States, the use of hydropower A) is likely to double in the next 20 years. B) is ... (Read 78 times)

ec501234 · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

In the United States, the use of hydropower

A) is likely to double in the next 20 years.
B) is likely to increase by about 40 by 2025.
C) will likely stay the same or decrease slightly in the next few decades.
D) will decline considerably, as much as 50, by the year 2030.

Question 2

China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze and Vietnam's Nam Theun Dam on the Mekong demonstrate that

A) large hydroelectric projects can be carried out with little to no environmental impact and human displacement.
B) hydroelectric installations cannot produce enough energy to compete with fossil fuel plants.
C) the air pollution from the dams will have to be monitored constantly to protect human health.
D) the major impacts on downstream communities will have to be carefully studied.