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Hydro-electric power has problems too
It seems like everything we do, even when trying to do the right thing, ends up in catastrophe. Hydro electric power on the surface appears a benign renewable energy source, but it's never that simple, and two schemes are presently much cause for concern: the Mosul Dam in Iraq is causing worry among Iraqi bloggers and those who would be affected were the dam to collapse, while a far bigger problem, largely because it's a much bigger dam, is the Three Gorges Dam in China, which isn't yet completed but is already causing earthquakes and mudslides, millions more are going to have to be moved from their homes, and already cracks have started appearing. Even state officials have joined environmentalists in raising concerns, but the authorities as ever say everything is fine. One thing is certain if it collapses, the majority of the booming Chinese population live downstream from it, the heart of industrial China, and there is such a weight of water building up that would make a tsunami seem like a ripple if it were to rage down to sea level. As a direct result of this monstrous dam, large areas of China are now experiencing drought.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/7071004.stm
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