4 ms·
" and produces 1% of China’s power." It produces 1% of the electricity used by CHINA the premier industrial and most populous country in the world and you dism
by sasfasaf 5y ago
" and produces 1% of China’s power."
It produces 1% of the electricity used by CHINA the premier industrial and most populous country in the world and you dismiss it? Three Gorges was a mistake, but it generates power used by 13 million people. That is a ton of power.
Most gas plants are in the 300 MW size, i.e. the 3GD is about 80 of them.
- FredPret 5y agoThat China has a lot of consumption is neither here nor there. My point is that they would have to build one hundred of these dams which is clearly totally impractical.
- sasfasaf 5y agoI'm not arguing that 3GD wasn't stupid, just that it generates an insane amount of power. Either way, no more of them will be built - there are not many more gorges like that left.
- FredPret 5y agoThat’s my whole point. We can’t power the planet with hydro, nor should we try. We need heavy-duty nuclear plants for base load, solar for daytime peaks, and probably some natural gas here and there