Three Gorges: Then and Now

Ever since approval was passed by China's National People's Congress 15 years ago, the Three Gorges Dam has been a controversial project. While the Chinese government insisted untold lives would be saved (claiming that in the last century alone, more than 300,000 have drowned due to floods in the Yangtze) and improved by the hydroelectric dam, critics lambasted the project for the potential social and environmental devastation. Since ground breaking in 1994, well over a million residents have been forced to resettle, while everything from toxic drinking water to erosion and earthquakes has been attributed to the construction.

Despite the protests and charges of corruption, the dam is still slated for completion by 2009. When the last switch is flicked, it will be the largest generator of electricity in the world. Each year, the power churned out by its 26 turbines will be equivalent to that produced by 40 millions tons of coal or 18 nuclear power plants. At working capacity, one-ninth of China's energy will come from the dam. Whether the benefits will outweigh the costs, though, has yet to be seen.

Just one day after the dam made news for linking the first of 12 right bank turbine generators to China's national power grid, NASA released a film of the construction over the last 20 years. Piecing together satellite images, the movie provides just a hint of the changes the dam has triggered thus far. Already, scientists are finding evidence that links changes in rainfall and ground temperature dozens of miles from the river to its damming.—Abby Seiff

Link - NASA

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[Mike]

Judging by most of the comments here, Popular Science is a magazine for people with Bush Cheney 2004 bumper stickers still boldly displayed. Shouldn't you guys be riding your quads over small animals and vegetation while pounding Bud Light? Yahh bro!! Gnarly!! I think I'll stick with National Geographic.

[netlog]

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[max]

if yall @%&*(^) had a 2.5 pg essay and yall looked off this it would not do a god damn thing 4 yall this is a stupid web site and the three gorge dam is stupid and ok the country is in a bad spot right no but dont lie to the people the dam is bad not good

[2 every1 who is worried out the good side]

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[Sohbet]

Perhaps one should remember that the choice is not "Dam or no dam" but rather "dam or 40 giant polluting coal power plants." Put that way, why not the dam?

[Forumuhabbeti]

Perhaps one should remember that the choice is not "Dam or no dam" but rather "dam or 40 giant polluting coal power plants." Put that way, why not the dam?

[sikiş]

tank

[sohbet]

thank you very much

[sohbet]

One reason we can't build a dam of this scope in the United States is that we don't have a river of the scope of the Yantzee.

[hemoroid]

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[sohbet odalari]

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[propecia]

i like this part of the blog:"Despite the protests and charges of corruption, the dam is still slated for completion by 2009. When the last switch is flicked, it will be the largest generator of electricity in the world. Each year, the power churned out by its 26 turbines will be equivalent to that produced by 40 millions tons of coal or 18 nuclear power plants. At working capacity, one-ninth of China's energy will come from the dam. Whether the benefits will outweigh the costs, though, has yet to be seen. " is very good

[batterie]

The carbon side of the project would be nothing compared to the amount Americans spend every year.

[jimmy]

I think the chinese will do whatever they want no matter what anyone else says

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