Re: [Marxism] Did Mega-Dam in China lead to earthquake?

[nada <dwaltersMIA@xxxxxxxxx>]

Larry, flood control is the No. 1 issue, for sure. That's the history of 
3 Gorges from the get go. But, that it produces 23 GWs of power (23000 
MWs) or about the power of 40 Chinese sized coal plants, is nothing to 
sneeze at. In fact, almost all Chinese hydro projects are motivated by 
flood control since floods have historically been the biggest natural 
killers in China outside the plague. Dams have also been the cause of 
some of the biggest disasters as well. I believe the big one in 1975 
killed well over 100,000 people.

The biggest single problem with the Chinese infrastructure projects is 
the political disenfranchisement of public input, which, to my 
knowledge, is non-existent. They do a lot of 'committee' stuff with 
experts but not much from the average Joe. I note this on my blog on 
Chinese nuclear today at davidwalters.dailykos.com . It really is the 
major issue.

David

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