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4CE Pros and Cons
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Pros: - Clean power to alleviate China’s shortage of power. -Stops flooding. -After the move to a new village/city/province, there will be toilets, running water and electricity. -Will produce enough electricity to power a large city in China. -15 million people and 1.5 hectares of farmland would be relieved from floods. (Chinese officials estimate that the reservoir will partially or completely inundate 2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns, 326 townships, and 1351 villages. About 23800 hectares, more than 1.1 million people will have to be resettled.) -When finished, the Three Gorges Dam will produce the energy of 15 nuclear power plants and tame some of the river's deadliest floods.

Cons: -1.2 million people were displaced because of the flooding. (Chinese officials estimate that the reservoir will partially or completely inundate 2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns, 326 townships, and 1351 villages. About 23800 hectares, more than 1.1 million people will have to be resettled.) -13 cities,140 towns, and 1350 villages were flooded. -Many citizens will die if the dam breaks down. (Including Shanghai.) -The dam has been bedeviled by corruption. In 2000, 97 officials were convicted of embezzlement form the dam fund. -A further 300,000 people will be relocated because of the dam. -Will wipe out over 1000 conservation and historical sites. (The Three Gorges project will submerge some of China's most famous historical scenery and tourist sites.) -It's contributed to extinction of the river dolphin. - it will cost a lot of money -The weight of millions of tons of water behind a dam can increase the chances of an earthquake. Questions raised: why don't they vote if they want the three gorges dam?