Why not Hydroelectric? Who is making money from wind and solar?

Algae. Well thats seems to be the main response from enviro types but is that just more mantra? there is no algae problem on the Ohio River, Missouri, there is no back up off water, it goes throughs the turbine immediately. We are talking locks and dams, many in place right now, some do have hydro power plants. If you are damming up a pond to run your house maybe but we are still a nation and need clean energy for 300 million people. Hydro is the only one that can do that, so why do people only talk wind and solar, is it because they are just looking out for themselves or their house. We still have to power large cities and hyrdo is there for all, not just the holy solitary enviro. I smell a another monopoly buidling with new power brokers. Hydro, one city, New Martinsville WV in the middle of coal country built on one the Hanibal locks and powers the city cleanly and reliably on the Ohio River. It has worked for years but gets left out of the clean energy scheme. Why?

Trip, do you know that Bush is no longer President. We need to look to the future and not talk about the past and beside all of that you say he did must have been before Gov of TX and Pres of the TX Rangers baseball team. How old could he have been, 30-35. Are you saying he was really a genius? I do not get up in the morning and chant BBBBUSH to the west, his time is over, don't live there. Think future, think clean energy. Let's hold today's leaders to the line in making progress, chanting Bush is just bowling team mentality. I want the future, not the past and hyrdo is the energy source of the future. Many enviros oppose wind turbines and have tied them up in court because they slaughter migrating birds. Dunno what impact we are talking about. Dams and locks on major rivers have been in place for decade to make large rivers navigable, they are already there and can be converted easily as they were in New Martinsville, WV.