Hot Damn! It's a big dam.

richlevy · 06-07-2003, 12:27 PM

China just completed the construction of the world's largest dam at Three Gorges. Considering the trouble the Bush administration has getting permission to drill in ANWAR, it's interesting to see what a country with a different political structure can do.

Of course, if Bush were able to forcibly relocate 1.3 million people, flood an area with historic sites, and borrow tens of billions of dollars, who knows what he might be able to accomplish. We might even find out.

It would be interesting to compare the process in Three Gorges with the Tennessee Valley Authority program in the 1930;s. TVA had it a lot easier since they did not have to deal with the population density in China.

This ties in with UnderToad's Natural Rights thread.

Cellar Natural Rights thread

China Embassy Press Release

Editorial Opposed to the Three Gorges Project

Short Historical Overview of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Interesting pro-TVA article from the New Deal Library

TVA Cemetary Relocation for Holston Reservoir

06-07-2003, 12:27 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Hot Damn! It's a big dam. China just completed the construction of the world's largest dam at Three Gorges. Considering the trouble the Bush administration has getting permission to drill in ANWAR, it's interesting to see what a country with a different political structure can do. Of course, if Bush were able to forcibly relocate 1.3 million people, flood an area with historic sites, and borrow tens of billions of dollars, who knows what he might be able to accomplish. We might even find out. It would be interesting to compare the process in Three Gorges with the Tennessee Valley Authority program in the 1930;s. TVA had it a lot easier since they did not have to deal with the population density in China. This ties in with UnderToad's Natural Rights thread. Cellar Natural Rights thread China Embassy Press Release Editorial Opposed to the Three Gorges Project Short Historical Overview of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Interesting pro-TVA article from the New Deal Library TVA Cemetary Relocation for Holston Reservoir __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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