DieThree-gorges in ChinaIs a gigantic, but also often criticized and controversial building that was only able to put all 32 turbines into operation in 1995 after construction started in 1995.
HowReutersreports, an even larger project of this kind is planned, more precisely in Tibet.
- The new dam There is to take advantage of the sometimes very large gradient of the Yarlung Tsangpo river: in an area of 50 kilometers, it drops 2,000 meters lower.
- According to an initial estimate, it is possible in this way to generate around 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
- For comparison: According to Reuters, the three-gorge parameter comes to around 88 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.
The conflict between China and Tibet:The Chinese People's Liberation Army marched into Tibet in 1950. While China has claimed the area since then, the Tibetans often see themselves as an autonomous people under their intellectual head in the person of the Dalai Lamas. The Dalai Lama takes over the leadership of Tibet by an exile government based in India, which is not recognized by China. Tibet is still under the control of China. This has been criticized internationally often, but ultimately the situation has been unchanged for decades.
Huge dams and their influence on earth
- In oneNASA reportIn 2005, the space authority gave the effects of earthquakes on our planet and its rotation in 2005 that the three-gorge dam in China also had a minimal influence on it.
- The huge masses of water of 40 billion cubic meters would be fully extended by 0.06 microseconds. So it's not even about a million -dollar acquisition, but at least about a predictable value.
- According to NASA, the effect is created by the large mass, which is set in motion in both earthquakes and large dams. In contrast to the completely filled dam, the devastating earthquake in the Indonesian ocean at the end of 2004 shortened the time of day by 2.68 microseconds instead of extending it minimally.
More precisely, it was said in the NASA report as follows:
Physically, this is comparable to a figure skater who pulls the arms closer to the body and thus rotates faster. The shape of the earth also influenced the tremor. They found [the researchers] that the earth (flattening on the poles and exploitation on the equator) decreased by a small amount. It was reduced by about a part in 10 billion, which continues the trend that earthquakes made the earth less flattened.
The information was based on values of theCentroid Moment Tensor
-Harvard database, which the NASA scientists Dr. Richard Gross and Dr. Benjamin Fong Chao evaluated.
Since the new dam in Tibet is to grow even greater, it should have more potential influence on earth. However, while it is once again only a minimal and just measurement- instead of noticeable effects, there are also much more tangible consequences.
Criticism of China's new Mega-Alsperre
The Tibetan population has to adapt to resettlement measures and effects on the local environment. This includes loudsmartup-news.comLarge feared problems such as the earth's shower and mudslides.
There is also criticism of the project from India because the Yarlung Tsangpo feeds the Brahmaputra river with water. It flows through India and Bangladesh and represents the most water -rich electricity in Asia.
