Why Care About Waterfalls?

Now I've waxed poetic before and wrote about what waterfalls do for our health and spirit, which you can read about here. However, more recently with the energy crisis and now the financial turmoil around the world, I thought it might be worth a look at why waterfalls usually get sacrificed for the sake of energy and agriculture.

Are waterfalls for energy a worthwhile trade?

Well, that's in line with all the economics versus environment debates that are constantly going on and we won't get into here. But at least this article should shed some light on the types of decisions policymakers and businessmen must make while trying to appease environmentalists. The article also looks into alternatives to the status quo...