Chinese eco-warning over giant dam(1)news URL:
(2) Summary
China has built a mammoth reservoir, the Three Gorges Dam, in order to solve electrical shortage. Although it has offered electricity to the masses, it has still brought many ecological disasters. And many locals were forced to move to another place. The China’s official knows that they couldn't achieve the economic prosperity at the cost of environment. Therefore, now the government will heighten their guard to it, and work up an effective way to these questions.
(3) My Thoughts and Reflections
About ten years ago, China had started to build the Three Gorges Dam. A large number of people, including many experts, didn't agree with project due to the serious consequence it would bring. However, the China’s government still neglected their advice and insisted its own opinion. After the engineering had been started, it does put a lot of pressure on the ecological environment, even much more serious than what they had planned before. I think it’s the moment for us to think over not only about the reservoir but all the environmental problems.
In recent year, there are more and more people have gathered their attention to this topic. I t is because that earth is changing to rage against the overuse from human being, people have noticed that they really made a huge mistake. Even movie director had pictured a movie, named “The Day After Tomorrow”, which encourages us to consider about the nature’s importance and lets us know the horrible effects.
The only thing we can do is to retrench the resources. Many people take all these resources for granted, now it’s the right time to cherish things what we get. We must protect the earth, where we live, from worse harm. Everyone has to response the environmental protecting movement. By doing this, we can save our future and leave a clean place to our offspring.
p.s: thanks CNN for offering this picture
