Three Gorges, Damn
I saw this article today in the WSJ on the continuing ecological problems with China’s Three Gorges Dam. Something in the article stuck me as slightly warped logic. The complaint is the amount of waste and pollutants in the dam reservoir, and the quote is as follows:
“Critics also say the dam would create a giant cesspool by halting the ability of the river to flush out pollutants to the sea”
Ok so take your pick - pollutants stay in China, where they remain a problem that must be addressed, or pollutants head out to sea where everyone can ignore them.
I’m not going to sugarcoat China’s enviromental record, but I will make the contrarian argument that Three Gorges Dam could be the best thing that’s happened to China’s fledgling enviromental movement.
6 months ago