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From owner-irn-three-gorges@igc.org  Mon Nov 17 02:03:57 1997
From: owner-irn-three-gorges@igc.org
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 22:31:00 -0800 (PST)
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>COUNTRY: CHINA
>REF:     OW0411162297 BEIJING XINHUA ENGLISH 041557 -- OFFICIAL
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>         COMMENTS ON THREE GORGES PROJECT AND ECOLOGY
>
>SOURCE:  BEIJING CHINA DAILY (INTERNET VERSION) IN ENGLISH 07 NOV 97
>
>   [BY ZHAO BIAN: "HYDROPOWER TO CUT DOWN GREENHOUSE GAS EFFECT"
>
>PAGE 03        070701Z
>-- CHINA DAILY HEADLINE]
>
>   [FBIS TRANSCRIBED TEXT]   THE ONGOING THREE GORGES PROJECT IS
>EXPECTED TO GREATLY BENEFIT THE GLOBAL ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM AND THE
>NATURAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, A SENIOR EXPERT SAID.
>   THE PROJECT, WITH ITS TREMENDOUS POWER-GENERATING CAPACITY,
>WILL HELP CURB THE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND THUS CONTRIBUTE TO
>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SAID WEI TINGCHENG, A MEMBER OF THE
>STATE COUNCIL'S THREE GORGES PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE.
>   WEI IS A VETERAN ENGINEER IN THE FIELD OF WATER CONSERVATION.
>HE HAD BEEN THE LEADER OF THE YANGTZE RIVER WATER CONSERVATION
>COMMITTEE FOR 20 YEARS.
>   THE THREE GORGES PROJECT, THE WORLD'S LARGEST, HAS AN INSTALLED
>CAPACITY OF 18,200 MEGAWATTS. IT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE 84.7
>BILLION KILOWATT HOURS ANNUALLY, WHICH SHOULD HELP EASE THE ENERGY
>BOTTLENECK IN THE EASTERN, MIDDLE AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF CHINA.
>   IF THE PROJECT WERE REPLACED BY COAL-FIRED POWER FACILITIES,
>ABOUT 50 MILLION TONS OF COAL WOULD NEED TO BE BURNED TO GENERATE
>AN EQUIVALENT AMOUNT OF POWER, WEI SAID.
>   IN ADDITION TO THE WASTE WATER AND GAS THAT USING SO MUCH COAL
>WOULD CREATE, TO BURN THAT MUCH COAL WOULD ANNUALLY PRODUCE MORE
>THAN 100 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE. THAT LEVEL OF CO2
>PRODUCTION WOULD AGGRAVATE THE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE EFFECT. THE MORE
>THAN 2 MILLION TONS OF SULFUR DIOXIDE THAT WOULD ALSO BE CREATED
>WOULD FALL BACK TO EARTH AS ACID RAIN.
>   THE THREE GORGES RESERVOIR HAS MANY OTHER ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS.
>IT WILL PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF FEED ORGANISMS AND FISH. THE
>INCREASED OUTFLOW FROM THE RESERVOIR DURING DRY SEASONS WILL
>DILUTE POLLUTANTS IN THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM, IMPROVING
>WATER QUALITY AND MITIGATING WATER POLLUTION.
>   THE RESERVOIR WILL ALSO MITIGATE SALT WATER INTRUSION IN THE
>RIVER'S ESTUARY, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SHANGHAI'S WATER SUPPLY.
>   WEI SAID THAT THE ECOLOGICAL DISADVANTAGES OF THE THREE GORGES
>PROJECT, SUCH AS ACCUMULATION OF SILT AND THE IMPACT ON RARE
>PLANTS AND ANIMALS, CAN BE SOLVED BY SPECIFIC MEASURES.
>
>   THIS REPORT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.  COPYING AND
>DISSEMINATION IS PROHIBITED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT
>OWNERS.
>(ENDALL) 07 NOV MCDOUGAL
>SUBJ:    HYDROPOWER FROM DAM PROJECT TO CURB GREENHOUSE EFFECT
>
>WARNING: TOPIC: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT
>
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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 23:34:39 -0800
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