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do you believe the three gorges dam will be helpful to the country of china?

three gorges dam

this topic is important because it could possibly supply china with 20% oif its electricity via hydroeletcric power. but on the other hand the reservoir behind the dam is estimated to flood 13 major cities and displace an estimated 2 million people. as the construction of this behemoth dam continues only one thing is for sure, the three gorges area of china will never be the same.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

development

the construction of the three gorges dam started in 1999 and was planned to be opened in 2009. as they continued to build the dam the cost started to build up until the estimated price tag was 180 billion dollars, 165 billion more then what was projected.

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