Positives
- Reduces 10 million tonnes of CO2
- HEP will provide 15% of China's electricity demand (China heavily relies on coal for 80% of electricity)
- Resevoir stores up to 5 trillion gallons of water. Provides water to:
- urban areas
- agriculutural irrigation
- Built to withstand a 7 magnitude earthquake
Negatives
- Deforestation of 3000 acres
- Flooding of sevral towns upstream like Fuling and Wanxiam
- Reduced water quality- resevoir flooded 1,600 abandoned factories, mines, dumps and potentially toxic waste sites.
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