China's gigantic Yarlung Tsangpo River Dam will cost $167 billion and will be the world's largest hydropower dam

How much regard for nature does an unelected communist dictator have?

Communist planners love mega projects!

"The work on the Yarlung Tsangpo River is slated to be the world’s most expensive infrastructure project—$167 billion. It could generate triple the output of the planet’s largest hydroelectric facility, China’s Three Gorges Dam, which can power around 40 million homes. The project will plow money into the country’s struggling economy but has neighbors and environmentalists concerned."

"China has begun the construction of a giant hydropower project at the earthquake-prone edge of the Tibetan plateau, a spectacular engineering feat that is central to Beijing’s enduring mission to become self-sufficient in critical areas such as energy. ..."

"Made up of five cascade hydropower stations with the capacity to produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, equal to the amount of electricity consumed by Britain last year, the dam will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo. A section of the river tumbles 2,000 metres (6,561 feet) in a span of 50km (31 miles), offering huge hydropower potential.

India and Bangladesh have already raised concerns about its possible impact on the millions of people downstream, while NGOs warned of the risk to one of the richest and most diverse environments on the plateau. ..."

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