Are you for or against the 'Three Gorges Dam'. and why?

[Lancer]

I think I'm for it. Used to be against it, but changed. It will replace alot of coal burning, and allow ocean transport into poorer areas.

[Alexander's Horse]

I'm all for ocean transport to poorer areas

[DRoseDARs]

Against. Too much of some of China's heritage is going to be lost. The communist party hasn't given archeologists enough time to study the parts of the Three Gorges region that will be submerged. There was another program on years ago before construction began showing some of what would be lost.

Damn shame.

[Lancer]

http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/c2718.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec97/gorges_10-8.html

[Az]

I am not sure whether the long term impact of it on the soil downstream has been studied. Otherwise, I have little problems with it.

[Alexander's Horse]

It will probably be a disaster, but we'll see.

[Zylka]

I generally hate the Chinese

[Zylka]

I remember reading the (June?) 1997 National Geographic about the three gorges

There was then a thunderstorm and I fell asleep all tucked away in that little window cubby that sticks out of the house talking to Vanessa on the phone

OH GOD HOW I WISH I COULD GO BACK OH GOD I HATE ALL OF THIS

[dannubis]

so, they are creating a like, which will be surrounded by at least a hundred million people. Knowing the Chinese concern for ecology i wonder how long it will take before the lake will become the worlds largest open sewer.

[Lancer]

They're cheating though, aren't they? The US already built the Hoover Dam, providing hydro to every city on the continent. Their dam should become a library or something.

AH, what's wrong with ocean transport to poorer areas? More work will be available, more goods. Stuff you enjoy.

DRose...it's a time capsule. That stuff will be protected under all the mud and water for another thousand years. When the dam finally breaks, after they clean up the mess, they'll find all that really old stuff under there.

[Dr Strangelove]

I'm all in favor of three gorgeous dames, unless of course you're talking about a remake of the "Charlie's Angels" movie, the original of which was pretty c****y.

[Sava]

I'm for it. The change to the environment is a small price to pay for the amount of clean power it will generate. It will also up the ante in the game of massive public works projects. Now we (the US) have to build something bigger!

USA USA

[Demerzel]

What is the US' need to have the biggest buildings, planes, ships, projects, etc...?

Do you all have tiny dicks? Over-compensating are we?

[Sava]

I think it has more to do with creating something that will outlive future generations. I doubt the Egyptians were "compensating" when they built the Pyramids.

[Arrian]

Bigger, Better, Faster, baby. USA!

As to the Three Gorges... well, that's up to the Chinese. I'm sure there are potential pitfalls, but it's their problem. Would we have given two ****s about people halfway around the world criticizing the building of the Hoover Dam?

-Arrian