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4SR Pros and Cons
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Pros: - Even that the Three gorges Dam costs a lots, but it costs less than the flood. - Without the Three Gorges Dam, the flood will destroy everything thing in its way. -Would create a world record for being the largest hydro-electric dam in the world. -There are 26 generators in the Three Gorges Dam, that produce 84.7 million KW of electricity. -The Three Gorges Dam will result in saving of 50 million tons of coal every year and have a number of positive effects on the environment, including preventing acid rain and diminishing the greenhouse effect in east and central China. -The dam will provide easier transportation. -In 2009 82000 tourists visited the dam and in 2010 for the whole year 1.15 million people will come. -It would provide a lot of clean electricity. -The dams could store rain itself. -It becomes the government's icon. -Large ships can go farther down the river because of locks the three gorges dam has. -The dam will generate 10 to 20 percent of China's electricity. -The dam stops the floods. Cons: -The Three Gorges Dam costs a lots of money to make it perfectly -1.5 hectares of farmland would be relieved from floods Would wipe out over 1000 conservation and historical sites -18,000 Chinese has to work on it daily for over 15 years -The water of the Yangtze River was too polluted. More polluted then the government expected it to be. -In the future 5 million people will have to move because of the dam. Their houses will also have to be teared down and their million years of culture will be submerged. . -Nature Things under the Dam could be destroyed, including famous beauty scenes. -The water speed is so hard behind the dam, 530 tons of silts is estimated to accumulate behind the dam. -The silks that usually flows on the Beaches and the Estuaries were blocked from the Dam. - It's built in the earthquake area. -The creation of the Three Gorges Dam caused land slides in the reservoir and will effect local residents.

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