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This will mess up the planet's rotation speed. These mega dams are very bad.
by apopapo 2y ago
This will mess up the planet's rotation speed. These mega dams are very bad.
- belter 2y agoYes big dam do redistribute mass and alter the Earth's rotation. But by my rough calculations the Three Gorges Dam should lengthen the day by roughly 0.05 to 0.06 microseconds. So around 1 second every 50,000 years. You are more likely to get late to work because your alarm run out of battery :-)
- clayhacks 2y agoThese dams have drawbacks, but the planets speed is so far down the list. The rivers ecosystem and the watershed would be much more impacted. Not that they can’t take those into account and try to minimize, but it is an inevitable side effect