Posted on 08/30/2022 3:34:27 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
“...have exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some Chinese cities. “This year even the riverbed sand is exposed.””
So high heat equals drought. Has this writer ever been to Houston?
27 Aug: Financial Times UK: Climate graphic of the week: China coal power generation nears record during heatwave
Use of the fossil fuel surges in August to meet electricity gap created by drought in hydropower-producing areas...
by Leslie Hook & Alan Smith
https://www.ft.com/content/e63d5a2a-1843-4d8e-9b6f-8f7610d86ef1?amp
There’s still a massive man made lake behind that dam. If it was to be blown the damage would be biblical. It would take out 400mm people downstream. If anything, a dry river bed would be even less of an impediment to the oncoming rush of water.
I dont get it. Just a few weeks ago the headlines in China were flooding flooding flooding.
The river is as large as the Mississippi. I doubt that you’re going to get a drought that would dry up the river.
What else could China have done to dry up the river?
Water management borrowed from the state of California.
Bkmk
China’s been damming the tributaries every stop of the way. They are trying to screw Vietnam and Thailand who also rely on the water coming from China’s river systems.
WIN-WIN situation! Global Cooling was mocked. Global Warming was mocked. Then they talked to their lord and master satan and came up with the term "Climate Change"... Now who can deny "climate change"? Everyone on earth knows the climate changes by the second. It's a term that they can employ that keeps people from mocking their stupidity and control of us. They are climate fear alarmists! Keep the focus on their fear and focus on their end goal is to control the people. Ask the alarmists "What is the correct median temperature of the earth?" while you are at it. See what their answer is.
Drought tends to follow high heat.
Tends is correct, but there are many exceptions on the planet where it doesn’t.
Remember this was 2 years ago:
https://www.nationandstate.com/2020/07/29/is-chinas-massive-three-gorges-dam-on-the-edge-of-failure/
It’s taken the Colorado decades to reach the level it is in Lake Meade. Not two years.
What else have the Chi-coms done to the river system?
Have you ever been to Houston in August?
Do you know what the current water level is in the lake?
Was over maximum at 175m in 2020. Last I looked it’s around 145m. Still nearly full.
In other words, it’s not releasing water to compensate for the drought?
I honestly don’t know the logic.
With a reduction in rainfall flowing into the Yangtze River — in particular the Three Gorges Dam — water levels in hydro-electric power reservoirs have dropped, curtailing energy production.
Reports I see show it closer to the low range but there was an early August large release to raise river levels in drought stricken middle regions of the river below the dam. Run some searches and you will see the same.
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