China has approved what is set to become the biggest hydropower dam complex in the world, capable of producing nearly three times as much power as the current record-holder, the Three Gorges Dam.

Authorities in neighboring India – which is downstream from the project – have expressed concern about China controlling the flow of the river and what impact it could have across the border. Oh the irony lmao

  • SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPM
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    8 days ago

    I do worry about the ecology of the area. Dams destroy the river life and the wildlife around it. The scale of this project would completely change the nature of the ecosystem in no time and the shock is not good.

    Chinese officials claim to have completed extensive geological studies on the seismically active area and believe construction could be completed safely.