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4JE Pros and Cons
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Pros:

__Prevents flooding __
A lot of people died from flooding, that is a reason we built the dam! Sadly, in the past 2,000 years there have been 215 floods caused by the Yangtze! The flood in 1998 __killed 4,000, 14 MILLION were homeless and 24 BILLION dollars was spent!__ One of the things we are preventing is 3.7 million people from dying!!

__**Creates Hydroelectricity **__ Hydroelectricity is clean energy and the energy regenerates! The best part is Hydroelectricity does not produce pollution!

More tour groups will come to see the dam, while buying gifts to remember their trip! Plus, 60,000 people were employed to build the dam!
 *  __Improves China's economy__ **

__**Safer to travel on **__ Because the water is slower, it is safer for the boats to travel on.

Cons: __Expensive__ The cost of the dam is exactly 25--75 billion us dollars!

__Relocate all the villages soon to be underwater__ Approximately, 1.5 million people had to move!

Questions raised: How many people died in all the floods caused by the Yangtze? How frequently does it flood without the dam?