Hydropower plays a major role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions which could also help with less pollution released into the environment. Hydroelectricity requires relatively low operations and maintenance costs. This is very beneficial today since the economy is bad and that we have had a bad president for the past eight years. Lastly, it's renewable - rainfall renews the water in the reservoir, so the fuel is almost always there. The disadvantages of hydroelectric power are high investment costs, hydrology dependent (precipitation), and fish entrainment or passage restriction.
However scientists have seen this coming since the 1990s. That is enough time to bring more awareness to it and to start funding. With money raised, we could built dams to conserve the water. Another factor that cannot be controlled is the amount of precipitation. We cannot make it rain more over the Great Lakes, but we can conserve more.
If we do not buy imported goods then they will not buy ours and without export revenue and foreign investments we would not be able to function financially. When exports increase so does the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP is the dollar amount of all goods and services produced within the United States. When the GDP is high it signifies that our economy is healthy and stable. When companies can produce more due to demand they are able to hire more workers, which can lower the unemployment rate.
Lastly, how to reduce the economic gap between coastal regions and inner periphery? In other words, we can learn that this kind of economic of development is not good for China from the texts. In order to know how China’s coastal cities are developing better than inner periphery region, we have to study the open-door policy under Deng’s leadership. “By opening its Pacific Rim to market forces, by exploiting its huge working class, and by encouraging millions of Overseas Chinese…to invest money in their homeland” (Blij 374). This quote is the best interpretation of the Special Economic Zone’s features.
Much controversy came about due to the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam as part of the Colorado River Compact, which aimed to 'ensure through water storage the delivery of sufficient water to the lower basin during years of drought, so as to allow the upper basin to better utilize its allocation of river flow' as proposed by The USBR (United States Bureau of Reclamation). The construction of the dam led to the creation of Lake Powell, a reservoir which brought in its own revenue through tourism and recreational activities such as jet-skiing. The Glen Canyon Dam is also major generator of the Colorado River Storage Project, comprising 75-85% of total CRSP generation. However, environmentalists such as the Sierra Club (a large-scale environmental
Cleveland became a bustling city. Throughout the 1800s and mid 1900s companies made changes to the river in order to best suit their business. They lined the last four miles with steel bulkheads making it more like a bathtub then a river. They built many bridges throughout Cleveland and upstream they put in dams which held back flow. The 19th century brought the industrial evolution and Cleveland just happened to be the center of the evolution.
This would be terrible for the people and creatures that rely on this mighty river to live. Dams, diversions and evaporation losses from reservoirs also contribute to the lessening of water available from the river, causing ecological consequences to wildlife living in and along the river. The Colorado River used to carry up to 85 to 100 million tons of silt or sediment to the Gulf of California where it deposited into the sea. The sediment helped things along the river path grow and flourish. Over the years, the silt has been collecting in Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, and it is predicted that over the next few hundred years this lake will fill up with silt.
| Question : | Which of the following statements summarizes the water situation in China that was discussed in your text? | | | Student Answer: | | China has been able to avoid major water shortages due to its construction of the Three Gorges Dam, which provides electricity and agricultural water throughout China. | | | | Due to the water-rich Yangtze River Basin, China has been able to provide clean water to much of the highly populated region, even in the face of growing population. | | | | Due to its large population, China is experiencing water shortages that have significantly decreased numerous wildlife populations. | | | | In the face of a growing population, China has begun to use desalination techniques to provide ample clean water to its people and agricultural soils.
Dozens of architectural and cultural sites will also disappear under the reservoir. Among the most notable are relics of the ancient Ba people, who lived in the region some 4,000 years ago. 300,000 Killed in 20th-Century Floods Chinese authorities estimate that some 300,000 people were killed in the 20th century's largest Yangtze River floods. Officials believe that the dam will protect some 15 million people from such deadly waters, as well as 1.5 million acres (607,000 hectares) of farmland. The wall is built
While the Chinese already had a stable economy, the Russians did not. This was a major difference between the two civilizations. The Mongols introduced paper money into Russia which helped stabilize their economy from a recession due to the falling price of gold and silver. This saved the Russians from a terrible