Three Gorges Dam Begins Storing Water

Anonymous Coward writes "The Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydroelectric project in the world, and one of the largest engineering projects underway right now, has begun accumulating water in the reservoir."

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Re:WHo wants to start the pool?

[sllim]

Animal extinction crap is over-rated.

This idea that a couple of mice outweighs million dollar projects in the US and projects in China that will result in people not getting killed by annual floods is just flawed.

Nature itself causes animal extinctions every day. Nature doesn't need our help with that.

Thing is you need balance. And right now the damn animal activists are against that.
18,000 people dying a year overweighs the extinction problems.

And as far as less important projects, we need balance. If I own a house and an endangered turtle shows up then tough shit for the turtle. I guess if a zoo or foundation wanted to grab it then I wouldn't protest. Course I might be inclined to say they pay for it, or the right to come on my property and take it.

But these rulings that say that people cannot improve property they own, that is nuts.

I say it boils down to this. If there is an ecosystem that can support the creature then a fair amount of that land should be protected (notice I didn't say the contested ecosystem) and an intelligent amount of animals moved to it.
Then construction should follow.

Down with ecoterrorists.
They are just like normal terrorists, except for the eco- part.