China's 100,000 "Nuclear Bombs" Hangs Over Their Heads.

[Jinentonix]

No, not actual nukes, the 100,000 reservoirs the country has. In the CCP's decades-long attempt to hoard water...I mean generate hydro power they have created some 100,000 reservoirs, mostly in central China and in the eastern part of the country. The "official" reason for all of it was flood control and hydro power. But it wasn't until the 3 Gorges system was built that the problems started piling up.

Before ground was even broken a pair of engineers, experts in hydrology and weather/climate warned that the 3 Gorges project would have serious consequences.
They listed 12 significant events that would occur if it was built.

1) More sediment flow in the water
2) Lowered water quality.
3) Littoral landslides
4) Increased numbers and/or increased severity of tremors and earthquakes
5) Heavier, longer lasting rainstorms
6) Bigger, more powerful thunderstorms, including more tornados.
7) Shifting weather patterns ie: places suffering drought would see more rain, some places way too much rain. While other regions that were good for farming would start to dry up and suffer long droughts.
8) Massive flooding
9-10-11) I can't remember what they were now
12) The destruction of the 3 Gorges Dam.

Eleven of the twelve events have and are still happening. Only the 3 Gorges' destruction remains, and it seems inevitable. That one is the biggest "nuclear" bomb of them all. The failure of any one of the other 3 dams upstream of the 3 Gorges Dam will cause it to fail. If it fails, the level of destruction would be along the lines of a multi-nuclear attack. It would flood an unimaginable area of land, killing countless people and causing a major disruption to their military. A lot of the PLA bases, including several nuclear weapons sites and much of the manufacturing segment of their MIC is located in that flood zone.

As it is, when the dams need to release the pressure on them, they tend to do it in the middle of the night with little, if any warning to the downstream communities.

The destruction of the 3 Gorges dam would be so devastating that the CCP stated if it was ever intentionally destroyed by an outside attacker, it would warrant a nuclear response. But ya know what? That's not an unreasonable response considering...

 

[Ron in Regina]

...I mean generate hydro power they have created some 100,000 reservoirs, mostly in central China and in the eastern part of the country. The "official" reason for all of it was flood control and hydro power. But it wasn't until the 3 Gorges system was built that the problems started piling up.

China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam (would more than triple the 88.2 billion kWh designed capacity of the Three Gorges Dam, currently the world's largest, in central China), kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect millions downstream in India and Bangladesh.

The dam, which will be located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, could produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, according to an estimate provided by the Power Construction Corp of China in 2020.

The project will play a major role in meeting China's carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, stimulate related industries such as engineering, and create jobs in Tibet, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday.

A section of the Yarlung Zangbo falls a dramatic 2,000 metres (6,561 feet) within a short span of 50 km (31 miles), offering huge hydropower potential as well as unique engineering challenges.

The outlay for building the dam, including engineering costs, is also expected to eclipse the Three Gorges dam, which cost 254.2 billion yuan($34.83 billion). This included the resettling of the 1.4 million people it displaced and was more than four times the initial estimate of 57 billion yuan.

Authorities have not indicated how many people the Tibet project would displace and how it would affect the local ecosystem, one of the richest and most diverse on the plateau.

But according to Chinese officials, hydropower projects in Tibet, which they say hold more than a third of China's (?) hydroelectric power potential, would not have a major impact on the environment or on downstream water supplies.

1) More sediment flow in the water
2) Lowered water quality.
3) Littoral landslides
4) Increased numbers and/or increased severity of tremors and earthquakes
5) Heavier, longer lasting rainstorms
6) Bigger, more powerful thunderstorms, including more tornados.
7) Shifting weather patterns ie: places suffering drought would see more rain, some places way too much rain. While other regions that were good for farming would start to dry up and suffer long droughts.
8) Massive flooding
9-10-11) I can't remember what they were now
12) The destruction of the 3 Gorges Dam.

India and Bangladesh have nevertheless raised concerns about the dam, with the project potentially altering not only the local ecology but also the flow and course of the river downstream.

The Yarlung Zangbo becomes the Brahmaputra river as it leaves Tibet and flows south into India's Arunachal Pradesh and Assam states and finally into Bangladesh.

The failure of any one of the other 3 dams upstream of the 3 Gorges Dam will cause it to fail. If it fails, the level of destruction would be along the lines of a multi-nuclear attack. It would flood an unimaginable area of land, killing countless people….

China has already commenced hydropower generation on the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo, which flows from the west to the east of Tibet. It is planning more projects upstream.

China to build world's largest hydropower dam in Tibet — Reuters

China has approved the construction of what will be the world's largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect millions downstream in India and Bangladesh.

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In November 2020, the chairman of PowerChina announced the construction of a "super" dam on the Yarlung Zangbo which would be the world's largest hydroelectric project….but four years later it’s news on Reuters.

Rumors of the super dam have stirred tensions among China’s bordering neighbours. In recent times, China and India have butted heads over the Himalayas’ water resources and the latest developments along the Yarlung Zangbo River, aka the Brahmaputra River, have the potential to deepen the dispute.

As political analysts have noted, India and Bangladesh sit downstream of the river system and rely heavily on its waters. Since China’s dam has the potential to drastically change the river system’s flow and course, India is worried that their nation's water supply could essentially be held to ransom.

A spokesperson for India’s water resource ministry told Al Jazeera it was planning on building its own 10-gigawatt project on another tributary of the Brahmaputra to counteract the impact of China’s dam.

Some Indian commentators have assertedthat China has a “veil of secrecy surrounding its project” in an attempt to mute the international reaction to the dam’s construction. Without transparency, they argue, the full impact of the super dam will remain unknown until it is completed and any objection will be too late.

 

[Jinentonix]

But according to Chinese officials, hydropower projects in Tibet, which they say hold more than a third of China's (?) hydroelectric power potential, would not have a major impact on the environment or on downstream water supplies.

Yep. That's what the CCP said about the Three Gorges too, despite warnings from experts.