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4SR Pros and Cons
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Pros: -The Three Gorges dam project employs 20,000 workers 24 hours a day ranging from high tech engineers to cement transporters to food staff.

-The Three Gorges Dam has been built with one of the biggest systems of locks in the world permitting large quantities of cargo to move into the upper reaches of the Yangtze.

-It will provide lots of electricity for a growing economy.

-It is the biggest hydro-electrical dam in the world.

-It becomes an icon of China and a technological marvel.

-The Three Gorges Dam is one of the greatest engineering project as the Great Wall.

-The Three Gorges Dam makes electric faster than normal factories.

-The Three Gorges Dam does not need to use coal to make electric power.

-The Three Gorges Dam gets big boats up the sea to make transportation faster than usual.

-The Three Gorges Dam will get more people to see it.

-This dam will raise and lower money for the whole China.

-Will collect and put out some stuff that was clogging the river.

-The Three Gorges Dam improves with transportation.

-The Three Gorges Dam makes the boats go up the Yangtze river faster.

-The Three Gorges Dam will make jobs for a lot people.

Cons: -It will take 15-20 years to build the Three Gorges Dam.

-In 1931, thousands of people died from a big flood.

-The dam has become a major military target. The safety of the people living down stream depending on the safety of the dam. It can potentially become a target of military conflict or tourism.

-The weight of millions of tons of water behind a dam can increase the chances of an earthquake.

-The dam will disrupt heavy silt flows in the river. It could cause rapid silt build-up in the reservoir.

-The Three Gorges Dam is at a place that is prone to earthquakes.

-The Three Gorges Dam made a lot of pollution during it was made.

Questions raised:

-What happens if half of the Three Gorges Dam fall?