Pauline: Some environmentalists claim that for the salmon to be saved, the hydroelectric dams on the river must be breached  But if the dams are breached, given the region' s growing population and booming industry, electrical costs will skyrocket  Roger: The dams are already producing electricity at optimal capacity
So regardless of whether they are breached, we will have to find additional energy sources for the region
some environmentalists who advocate saving the salmon believe that that goal overrides concerns about electrical costs