>>6520454Ame
Did you know that the Chinese Dam known as the Three Gorges Dam is actually not built INTO the Earth, but built ON TOP OF the Earth? And that it's rating for longevity started at 1000 years of operation, then 100, then 50, then they stopped taking the measurement?
Did you know it's already deformed quite a bit in just a decade or so of operation?
Did you know that it is vulnerable to intense floods, such as last year's summer flooding that required them to drown over a dozen towns downstream, lest the dam completely burst?
Did you know that the conditions that lead to such horrible flooding are likely to only increase, meaning multiple years will be even worse, to the point they may not be able to empty their reservoir fast enough to save the dam next time?
Did you know that even if it isn't, the dam is constantly being eroded by a massive silt buildup at it's base?
Did you know that if and/or when the dam breaks, it will release the energy equivalent of two Tsar Bombas directly into the heart of China's industrial base in the Yangtze River?
Did you know that if/when that happens, it is predicted that it will end in literal cities being carried along by a man-made typhoon, smashing skyscrapers torn from their bases into the heart of Shanghai?
Did you know that if/when this happens within the next decade, hundreds of millions of bugs will die, and the mass labor exportation to China will end in an instant?
