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Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Capt. Pork on March 20, 2004, 02:44:05 PM: Biggest Dam in the world. Caused the displacement of over a million Chinese. Some theorize that sediment buildup at its submerged base will cause it to fail within 30 years, causing one of the biggest man-caused disasters in history. Any civil engineers out there, please let me know what you think of these theories.

For the uninformed, here's some background:

3 gorges dam (http://www.chinaonline.com/refer/ministry_profiles/threegorgesdam.asp)

If anybody has any more meaningful info, please post.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Nilsen on March 20, 2004, 03:15:18 PM: Won't happen, the chinese will find a way to solve any potential problem. Im sure they have people on it already.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Lizking on March 20, 2004, 03:44:19 PM: Siltation will not cause it fail, it just removes capacity. That, to me is the major problem with the project.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Frogm4n on March 20, 2004, 07:41:20 PM: It will make china the worlds leading producer of cheap aluminum. And maybe in the future, aircraft.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Crapgame on March 20, 2004, 09:14:48 PM: If China ever decides to extend her ambitions a cruise missile or two into that bastige ought to give them something to ponder.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: majic on March 20, 2004, 10:18:07 PM: Hmmm... that doesn't strike me as a politically viable target. Too much death.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: NUKE on March 20, 2004, 10:18:29 PM: great, another dam poll ;)
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: stiehl on March 20, 2004, 10:32:09 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Crapgame
If China ever decides to extend her ambitions a cruise missile or two into that bastige ought to give them something to ponder.

I'll rather NOT get nuked
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Capt. Pork on March 20, 2004, 10:51:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by stiehl
I'll rather NOT get nuked

Not likely. One of Sun Tzu's doctrines was never to fight an unwinnable battle--which is exactly what a nuclear exchange would boil down to.

My Theory:

We take out Dam. They, in turn, order their millions of Sleeper-Agent restaurant-owners to close down for a few weeks. Mass confusion followed by starvation ensues in the States.

Bada Bing!
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: MadMan on March 21, 2004, 12:07:49 AM: yes, and when they close down their restaurants, the number of stary cats will climb drastically and over run America.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: rpm on March 21, 2004, 03:00:32 AM: They will cut off shipments to WalMart and cause economic catastrophe.
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: montag on March 21, 2004, 04:03:01 AM: Quote
Originally posted by NUKE
great, another dam poll ;)

What poll, why does anybody even give a dam about dams?

:confused:
Title: Three Gorges Dam! A Poll!
Post by: Frogm4n on March 21, 2004, 05:48:06 AM: why would china attack her largest colony? That would stop the flow of raw materials from the US and manufactured goods sold back to the US.