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My broader point is that a dam which requires constant grouting seems like a pretty bad idea.
by dajohnson89 10y ago
My broader point is that a dam which requires constant grouting seems like a pretty bad idea.
- VLM 10y agoAll dams require maintenance or they fail. You are correct in that its merely a question of magnitude. Completely abandoned, Hoover Dam for example would last a lot longer, but hardly forever. Where the line is drawn is pretty arbitrary, and if the alternative is the people have no electricity or irrigation water so they riot and kill you ... Saddam was famous for the stick but sometimes he used the carrot to keep his country together. No one is keeping it together now, of course.