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kleinbl00 · 3193 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killing 1m people

750MW, though. That's about 7% of their electrical grid capacity, which is already 40% too low.

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WanderingEng · 3193 days ago · link ·

That's one of those politically impossible situations. Either cause a small disaster now (less access to energy) or let a big disaster happen later. I suppose that explains why they used to do (and needed to continue) so much grouting. Anything to keep the energy flowing.

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