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4EL Pros and Cons
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Pros: Cons:
 * The dam will save the people from the floods.
 * The dam will make China stand out and feel proud.
 * When the three Gorges Dam is completed in 2009, the gigantic (World largest Dam) Three Gorges Dam reservoir will actually be visible from the moon!
 * Easier transportation because of the locks.
 * Produce enough CLEAN electricity for 350,000 homes (10% of China’s electricity)
 * There are new apartments to replace traditional living
 * Electricity produced by the dam is sufficient to light up Boston, New York, and Washington D.C.
 * 15 million people and 1.5 hectors of farmland will be relieved from floods.
 * The dam will generate 10 - 20% of China's electricity
 * In 2009, 82,000 tourists visited the dam and in 2010 for the whole year 1.15 million people will come.
 * The dam will have 26 generators producing over 18,000 megawatts of power.
 * from 2007 to 2020 26.9 billion (3.5 billion US dollars) will be received to develop tourism to provide jobs for people relocate for the project.
 * the dam will control flooding
 * We will have to move a lot of unhappy people because they don't want to leave their ancient houses and fertile land.
 * We need to make sure the engineers are safe while they are building the dam.
 * We will have to convince the people to move.
 * 1.2 million people have been forced out of their home cause where they use to live will be flooded.
 * Chinese government will have to borrow money from supporting countries.