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GalinKa [24]
3 years ago
15

How do hydroelectric dams emit greenhouse gases like methane without burning any fossil fuels?

Biology
1 answer:
Feliz [49]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Rather than combusting fossil fuels, like coal, oil, or natural gas, which put over 52 million kilotons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, dams block the water flowing in rivers or lakes and use the force of the would-be flow to turn turbines.

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