Hoover Dam and Pollution

[Sargon of Akkad]

Wouldn't it be more realistic that Hydro-electric plants produced pollution? I mean they do cause problems for fish and the like in their respective rivers. It should be implemented that Hydro-electric plants create pollution.

Now you can't talk about Hydro-electric plants in civ III and completely ignore the Hoover Dam... Because Hoover Dam is a centralized source, it should add a free hydro-electric plant in all cities as well as creating lots of pollution ONLY near the city where it is built.

So basicaly, the same effects only it creates pollution where it's built taking all the brunt for the other cities.

 

[Alc0p0pz]

In reality, hydro plants produce negligable pollution.

There is a big difference between pollution and destruction of natural habitat. You are talking about the latter, and Civ3 doesn't model it. The game is correct as it stands.

 

[Lt. 'Killer' M.]

I think pollution is meant to include all kinds of destruction of nature so a Hydro plant should produce pollution. But how much?

If I compare a real world Coal plant (or Gas or Oil) and it`s smoking chimneys and the excess warmth and all the pollution from getting the oil/coal/gas to it to a hydroplant - a CivIII Hydro plant should maybe produse 0.001 points of pollution per turn.
So the game`s OK as it is I guess

 

[simwiz2]

somehow i dont think the death of a few fish could cause large tracts of land in your empire to suddenly be covered in orange sludge and become unusable...

 

[JoseM]

Originally posted by simwiz2
somehow i dont think the death of a few fish could cause large tracts of land in your empire to suddenly be covered in orange sludge and become unusable...

LOL
yeah i agree with alcopops and killer, the game is fine without pollution from hydros. Hoover Dam is like one of my main objetives to make because of the reason that hydro plants dont produce pollution.