[Pephers]

The Chinese dam building around the world is a tragedy in my opinion (this isn't limited to just Chinese dams, though). Remote places in undeveloped or poorly developed parts of the world are utterly destroyed by these dams. Road building, deforestation, displacement of native species and native people.

I witnessed this first hand while hiking the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal a few years back. A road is being built deep into the valley and not only is it disrupting the peacefulness and the attraction that is/was a hike through ancient cultures and landscapes with no roads, but it's also putting people out of business. Various tea houses (that provide accommodation and meals) lie now next to a dirt road where trucks race up and down instead of hikers. Many hikers now take a 4x4 up to high altitudes, skipping the lower parts.

In comparison, a power plant can be controlled with very little staff once the building is complete.

See also https://www.balkanrivers.net for a not-so-remote proposed dams.

[cco]

I walked that same route 10 years ago, ya know who was building that road and driving on it? The Nepalese.

They want the road so they don't have to put tanks of kerosene on their backs and hike it in, they don't want their kids to have a dangerous multi mile hike to school. The peaceful hike for you is not the concern I can assure you.