Enviromental+impact

 ·  Hydroelectricity produces no green house gasses which help to prevent acid rain and to improve health standards.  ·  The dam will also help to control flooding.  ·  Since there are reservoir and ship locks, large commercial vessels will be able to get to and from Chongqing for the first time.  ·  The amount of power it produces (84.6 billion kilowatt hours) is equal to eighteen nuclear power plants  ·   It will replace 50 million tons of raw coal in China’s energy use.  ·  Tourism will also flourish because of the fact that the Three Gorges Dam is so large.  ·  Hydroelectricity is cleaner than burning coal.  ·  It will replace up to 50 million tons of raw coal in China’s energy use.  ·  It prevents more acid rain.  ·  It improves health standards   reduction of carbon emissions because of the da.  ·  There is more flood control  ·  It helps ships navigate to the cities  ·  The dam allows large ships to travel up and downstream for the first time
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