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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: China's 3-Gorges Mega-Dam Facing Long-Term Peril? |
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As China's Mega-Dam Rises, So Do Strains & Fear
By Chris Buckley
BADONG, China (Reuters) - The slopes of Chenjialing Village have shuddered and groaned lately, cracking and warping homes and fields, and making residents fear the banks of China's swelling Three Gorges Dam may hold deadly perils
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/china_threegorges_dc
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djsmnc
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| It wouldn't surprise me at all. |
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TexasPete
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Koreatown
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm...create the world's largest damn and subsequently a huge body of water that isn't supposed to be there (the damn lake) and you have geological problems? It's not all that surprising. |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: |
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The greedy little piggie developers were warned of what stood to be disasterous consequences for years 
Mass ecological destruction, mind-boggling human relocations, extinction of wildlife, historic sites etc,
when has that ever mattered?  |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:21 am Post subject: |
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When push comes to shove, there are hundreds of US Tomahawk Cruise missles that are already mapped to the base of that dam. Its in danger alright.
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:29 am Post subject: |
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| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| there hundreds of of US Tomahawk Cruise missles that are already mapped to the base of that dam. |
If "push came to shove" Tomahawks would probably be the least of the missiles to worry about..
I agree though its an environmental catastrophe.
"Three Gorges Dam will inevitably cause the extinction of the Chinese alligator, river dolphins, the Siberian white crane, and the Chinese sturgeon"
http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~sustain/global/sensem/tyaa97.htm |
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TexasPete
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Koreatown
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Julius wrote: |
| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| there hundreds of of US Tomahawk Cruise missles that are already mapped to the base of that dam. |
If "push came to shove" Tomahawks would probably be the least of the missiles to worry about..
I agree though its an environmental catastrophe.
"Three Gorges Dam will inevitably cause the extinction of the Chinese alligator, river dolphins, the Siberian white crane, and the Chinese sturgeon"
http://www.dbc.uci.edu/~sustain/global/sensem/tyaa97.htm |
Well, they've already killed off the Beiji dolphin which was remarkably underreported considering its the first large mammalian extinction in god knows how long. I don't think the Chinese care what they kill off. |
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igotthisguitar
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| Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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What's the chinese character for greed?
Anyone? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
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igotthisguitar
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Deep Concern Over Three Gorges Dam
By Michael Bristow
BBC News, Beijing
Friday, 30 November 2007
The dam is meant to alleviate flooding and generate electricity
There are fears that China's Three Gorges Dam is causing serious environmental problems, despite official claims to the contrary.  Local farmers, environmental campaigners and even officials themselves have voiced concern about environmental damage.
That damage includes landslides that have triggered 50 metre-high waves on the reservoir behind the dam, according to one local official.
But despite these widespread accusations, the Chinese central government insists there are no geological "abnormalities".
Critics of the Three Gorges Dam - the world's largest hydro-electricity project - have long argued that the scheme would lead to environmental problems in the area around the reservoir.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7120856.stm |
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cbclark4
Joined: 20 Aug 2006
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Sounds like the typical NIMBY reaction to any proposed alternative energy project. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| When push comes to shove, there are hundreds of US Tomahawk Cruise missles that are already mapped to the base of that dam. Its in danger alright. |
But then you'd just be exchanging one form of ecocide for another. |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Tony_Balony wrote: |
| When push comes to shove, there are hundreds of US Tomahawk Cruise missles that are already mapped to the base of that dam. Its in danger alright. |
When I first heard about the 3 Gorges Dam plan when I was in college my first thought was, "Well, we're safe from war with China." It's just SO vulnerable, and everyone lives below it. From a strategic point of view, what were they thinking? |
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mistermasan
Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe
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| Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject: |
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| but...dudes...50 meter high waves! what is that, 150 ft? call laird hamilton and the boys. surfs up! |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| That sucker comes down, and how many square miles of land will be totally wiped-out? |
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