EarthCurrent's Dam Adventure

[EarthCurrent]

Sexy, I need to give that site to my Enviro teacher.

Were you recently covering the Three Gorges Dam Project in class?

In a sense, we were covering the importance of indiginous populations and the subject was brought up. We also watched an ovely flashy video on it.

I'm betting I know the video you are talking about. Did it focus more on the engineering "marvel" that the dam is, showing big dump trucks and cranes, and the workers praising the government's plans? And while it was doing that, shed little light on the significant cultural and environmental impacts?

For the most part, it also had a flashy CGI dragon at the title screen.

Narrated by Jodie Foster?

[SSJVegita0609]

Sexy, I need to give that site to my Enviro teacher.

Were you recently covering the Three Gorges Dam Project in class?

In a sense, we were covering the importance of indiginous populations and the subject was brought up. We also watched an ovely flashy video on it.

I'm betting I know the video you are talking about. Did it focus more on the engineering "marvel" that the dam is, showing big dump trucks and cranes, and the workers praising the government's plans? And while it was doing that, shed little light on the significant cultural and environmental impacts?

For the most part, it also had a flashy CGI dragon at the title screen.

Narrated by Jodie Foster?

You know... Now that you mention it, it DID sound like her, hmmmmm.

[jonmartensen]

Quit quoting each other!!!!

[El Banana]

Quit quoting each other!!!!

[EarthCurrent]

Sorry, it would seem I forget to trim the quotes more often than perhaps I should.

For that I apologize.

Here are some more pics:


Outflow from the Marrow Point Dam. Notice how clean of sediments the water is when compared to the incoming water from the undammed stream on the left. The elimination of sediment load, shifting temperatures, and destruction of spawning habitat in the Gunnison river has had a major impact on the river's Colorado Cutthroat Trout fisheries.

Main entrance sign to Black Canyon of the Gunnison. Originally a national monument, BCG recieved NP status just a few years ago.

A view to south into the adjoining Curecenti National Recreation Area.

The sheer cliffs of The Black Canyon are one of its most defining features.

Most cliff faces are well over 900 feet in height.

[AtomicWeezleman]

did anyone ever see the carling/dambusters advert????, well, it had a dam in it......

[EarthCurrent]

did anyone ever see the carling/dambusters advert????, well, it had a dam in it......

I don't think a lot of the people who post to this board are old enough to remember that commercial...

[Mariah Ketchum]

Sorry on not reading the rest of this thread. I've been gone sense Wensday. In responce to the question over human's impact on the planet:

As a Chirstian, I belive that God has charged us as "Caretakers of the Planet", meaning that we are to take care of the Earth to the best of our ability. However, in the case of dams, we also CREATED a habitat, so I'm of the opinion that we are over reacting to the problems of dams. The animals will adapt or move. Did you know that North America today has TWICE the number of trees as it did before European settlers? Excuse me if I don't pay much attention to what the enviomentalists say. (Californa is run by them and look at the result).

[El Banana]

As a Chirstian, I belive that God has charged us as "Caretakers of the Planet", meaning that we are to take care of the Earth to the best of our ability. However, in the case of dams, we also CREATED a habitat, so I'm of the opinion that we are over reacting to the problems of dams. The animals will adapt or move. Did you know that North America today has TWICE the number of trees as it did before European settlers? Excuse me if I don't pay much attention to what the enviomentalists say. (Californa is run by them and look at the result).

In that case, he must be happy with the bang-up job we're doing...

/sarcasm

[fyrtenheimer]

Sorry on not reading the rest of this thread. I've been gone sense Wensday. In responce to the question over human's impact on the planet:

As a Chirstian, I belive that God has charged us as "Caretakers of the Planet", meaning that we are to take care of the Earth to the best of our ability. However, in the case of dams, we also CREATED a habitat, so I'm of the opinion that we are over reacting to the problems of dams. The animals will adapt or move. Did you know that North America today has TWICE the number of trees as it did before European settlers? Excuse me if I don't pay much attention to what the enviomentalists say. (Californa is run by them and look at the result).

I hope you start another fucking religion topic and ppl start arguing.

Then I shall call you stupid and you will buy me dark chocolate.