China's dam project is one of the biggest in the world. However it's usefulness is still in question. China's economy and energy usage is growing at a breakneck pace and the amount of electricity produced by the dam will only meet two percent of the country's energy needs by 2010. In addition the dam will slow down the river's flow causing erosion problems. Most worrisome, such an enormous dam might be a terrorist target. Hopefully the government will be able to find a solution to the adverse effects the dam will cause especially with sacrifices that have been made such as villagers forced to be relocated and a hundred deaths caused by building the dam. But there are its benefits, definitely more job opportunities. Other than that we will only know what will happen next when the dam is in full operation at 2008.
posted by mickeymonkey @ 5:45 pm
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