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· **The Three Gorges Dam project is the largest hydroelectric dam project in the world ($24 billion).** · **Hydroelectric power is cleaner than coal.** · **This will prevent future water and air pollution (coal and oil).** · **The dam will produce 18, 000 megawatts of power from 32 different generators (8 times the Hoover Dam produces).** · **The dam will directly reduce emissions of sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, mercury, and other greenhouse gases.** · **The dam will generate the electricity equivalent to 50 tons of coal and the power of 18 nuclear power plants, enough to provide energy for D.C., New York, and Boston.** · **The dam will produce 11% of China’s energy in the future.** · **Scarce energy resources will be depleted without the dam, as it supplies several alternative energy resources.**