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Discovery Channel Documentary-China's Mega Dam
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singleuser · 4715 days ago · link ·
Failure of something like this will push back china to past, in terms of development. Ironically past, historical treasures and more than a thousand years of culture is what they've sacrificed. There is always a cost for everything. No floods for millions equaled whatever they lost under the reservoir. I personally think it will stand as a symbol of engineering marvel and man's struggle against nature's forces. But lets see who has the last laugh.
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d_e_solomon · 4716 days ago · link ·
According to Wikipedia, it's also built on a seismic fault line. What's the worst that can happen?
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Here is a precursor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam
That failure was terrible, but a mere drop in the bucket (sorry, terrible pun intended) compared to what the Three Gorges would be.