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by schimmy_changa 1469 days ago
And yes! I agree it's a no-brainer. Big barriers: 1) Getting all the stakeholders to agree (US Bureau of Reclamation, the local reservoir joint-powers authority, the Santa Barbara city council, the local utility, etc) 2) Avoiding NIMBYs and those that might be worried about ecosystem effects (e.g. Audubon society). While the evidence suggests it's not an issue for wildlife, those folks tend to be very conservative (even if they are missing the forest for the trees, IMO)