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They really avoided all but the briefest mention of the most important thing for any large project like this: the potential ecological effects, not to mention geopolitical since said ecological effects will be across the border in India.
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DEI is to blame for the lack of infrastructure projects in the USA? Please, do share how this could possibly be connected!
Its not technically DEI , but if you tried to build a dam in the US some tribe would object it because (of course) that was the site of a sacred burial ground, or it would (allegedly) impact some specific animal that is sacred to them. Then CNN would rail about how the eminent domain "disproportionately affects PoC" and how "far-right congressman Badman voted to cut govbux to the poor women and children affected by t…
China is the only country in the world with ambition right now. The west can't build anything anymore.
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Its not technically DEI , but if you tried to build a dam in the US some tribe would object it because (of course) that was the site of a sacred burial ground, or it would (allegedly) impact some specific animal that is sacred to them. Then CNN would rail about how the eminent domain "disproportionately affects PoC" and how "far-right congressman Badman voted to cut govbux to the poor women and children affected by t…
That's quite the tale of victimhood!
China is the only country in the world with ambition right now. The west can't build anything anymore.
This will mess up the planet's rotation speed. These mega dams are very bad.
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"Megaproject" seems to be used pretty loosely in this list. In my mind, renovating some airport terminals or adding extra lanes to a highway over a 10 mile stretch is not an ambitious "megaproject", just a typical infrastructure project. Certainly most of this stuff would not be considered megaprojects in China.
> most of this stuff would not be considered megaprojects in China They are and they would. Rebuilding JFK is more complex than building a hundred airfields due to the former’s air traffic load and complexity.
According to this [2] China's largest 8,816 bridges span a total of 16.21 million linear meters, or an average of 1,838 meters per bridge. So this megaproject bridge in the US might possibly crack the list of the longest 10,000 bridges in China.
The Wikipedia list contains only 2 bridges from China. The smaller one is 32 km...
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_Bridge
[2] http://en.people.cn/n3/2023/0801/c90000-20052420.html *People's Daily, but I think the point still stands.
Even before clicking, I already knew it would be in China. It has been a while since the US or other western countries have done a major public infrastructure project (compared to what have been done before). The US especially is lagging behind. How long has it been since the high speed rail system was proposed? China built a national network in less time than the US took to argue about how to build just one line bet…
China imports a large amount of oil through the Straits of Malacca, which would be hard for China to defend against, especially with India's owned islands are so close.
Also note that this dam is on a rather large river that goes into India, giving China a strategic advantage.
Just because it makes sense in China does't mean it would make sense in the USA since the USA is an energy exporter, has generally lower population density, and is unlikely to invade or be invaded by any neighboring country.
Even before clicking, I already knew it would be in China. It has been a while since the US or other western countries have done a major public infrastructure project (compared to what have been done before). The US especially is lagging behind. How long has it been since the high speed rail system was proposed? China built a national network in less time than the US took to argue about how to build just one line bet…
We're still doing megaprojects [1]. They're focussed on air and roads, in transportation; aerospace (defence and civil); and sports. > How long has it been since the high speed rail system was proposed? China built a national network in less time China's population distribution (and lack of strong-form property ownership) makes intercity passenger rail a lot easier than in America. We absolutely should have it in the…
Come on, just search the keyword "nail house in China" on the Internet[1] [2].And the latest news: China's National Highway 206 was planned to pass by this house, the owner asked for an unreasonable amount of compensation, and then they screwed up. Location: Jinxi a county of Jiangxi province[3]
- [1] https://x.com/RetirementUnity/status/1795777230825513304 - [2] https://x.com/pretentiouswhat/status/1859909798399033850 - [3] https://www.163.com/v/video/VFJNM8L73.html