Whether reject or accept the BC Hydro’s $8-billion Site C hydroelectric megaproject has been a hot argument recently.

BC Hydro wants to construct and operate a dam and 1,100-megawatt hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia.BC has been developing fast recent years,It has been Canada’s third-largest generator of hydro electricity, providing one of the lowest power costs in North America.It is Canada’s second-largest natural gas producer, and the oil and gas industry continues to see tremendous growth in the northeast.In order to develop or with the growing population we need the clean hydroelectricity.But the first nation representative argued that the dam will destroy nature wildlife and farmland which is basically a living for them.

In my point of view,I think we should still build the dam since the BC province industry relies on hydroelectric and using hydro is cheap and environmentally friendly but we could reduce the size therefore reduce the damage of ecosystem.There is always a lot of benefits of using hydroelectric,for example the Tennessee River project in America encouraged the whole economic development of that area and promoted Aqua farming.Also we could try alternative method such as using wind energy,Solar energy or geothermal energy.They could perhaps change a location since Vancouver is near the Rocky mountain which could generate the geothermal energy and near the ocean which could use tide energy to generate electricity.

There must be an optimal solution to develop the industry and protect the first nation,The government just need to think more carefully about the whole situation.

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