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mk · 4715 days ago · link · · parent · post: History silenced forever for a better future-- the three gorges dam
The TGD is terrifying. Someday it will fail. As the lake fills behind it, new immense pressure is put on the crust below. I wonder if they could have built a series of smaller dams and achieved the same result.
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.