I dunno, I would think that really "powerful entities" who had the power to sell all these ideas despite them not being true wouldn't let the dams go for three decades . . . maybe they're not that powerful at all, just concerned citizens like you, advocating for the best course of action as they see it.
I start out with the assumption that you want what's best as you understand it, and that the people who are so wrongheaded (as you see it) are probably the same. But I have to say, when you start accusing people who reach a different conclusion than you of being part of or controlled by "powerful entities," I downrate your credibility a lot and find myself inclined to think that the case for keeping the dams and Capital Lake must be pretty weak.
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