You just had to prove that you are a dumbass! If you could build a dam there to generate electricity, don't you think it would have already been done?
No. There is currently no need for a power source at the end of the Colorado River where it crosses the border. Why would they build a power station to provide power to NOTHING?
It is obvious that you don't know anything about generating electricity and then transmitting along power lines over great distances. Please shut up and leave the conversation to the adults. Your claptrap is neither desired nor appreciated.
Oh, let's play the "Adult card!" I am 61. I don't know how old you are, but I assure you, I am an adult. As for claptrap, that seems to be your specialty.
It is obvious that you are insecure about your own existence, to the extent of needing to put other people down to make yourself feel superior.
I know that if a steel fence is made in two sections, no power lines are needed. The two sections of the fence ARE the conductors. Do you know how a bug zapper works? You electrify both sections, and let the illegals make the connection like a filament in a light bulb. The fence would need to be isolated from Earth ground in order for it to work properly.
Using a moving river to generate power is not a new concept, nor one that requires great intellectual minds. YOU believe it would require GIGAWATTS of power to electrify a steel fence. Those who DO know about electricity know that electric POTENTIAL does not require such a powerhouse. Since the fence would not be lighting a city on a 24/7 basis, a minimal amount of power to each side of a fence is all that would be required. High voltage at a low amperage. That is how stun guns work. That is how electric fences work ... 12 miles of electric fence, powered by a golf cart battery.
The fence could be built so that a battery bank could provide the deadly ZAP power needed to deal with the occasional illegal crossing the fence. The batteries could be recharged by a 24/7 trickle of power from the river's generator.
The only time the power would be used AT ALL, is when Juan reaches across and makes a connection between the two halves of the fence. THEN the power for THAT section of fence would ALL go through Juan, the local animals would get a brief light show, there would be the lingering scent of overly cooked meat, and the many miles of undisturbed fence would just stand idly by waiting for another
bug to zap.
You seem to need to put others down in order to feel superior. I suppose it works for you, but I am not at all impressed.