Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant - Alex Gendler
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Published 2020-12-10
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In 2018, a single power plant produced more energy than the world’s largest coal-powered and gas-powered plants combined. China’s Three Gorges Dam relies on running water, and is capable of producing more energy than any other power plant on Earth. So what allows Three Gorges to generate all this power? And how do hydroelectric plants work in the first place? Alex Gendler investigates.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Franz Palomares.
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All Comments (21)
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Two fish swam into a concrete wall, one turn his head to the other and said "DAM"
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“This dam rivalry” that could be misinterpreted.
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The guy that worked on that animation deserves a Oscar, that what arts is.
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This video had amazing background music The mix of Chinese and Brazilian tunes by the end is just incredibly catchy
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my father worked for almost 40 years in Itaipu Dam. I remember as a kid when my friends' dads (my dad's colleagues) travelled to China to work as consultants. Every year we cheered for Itaipu to keep surpassing Three Gorges. We've since moved away from Itaipu and my father's retired now, but every time we see someone mention Itaipu my father says "your grandpa worked there as a constructor. He always said there was a part of him there. Now, there's a part of me aswell"
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Is crazy that the world is still amazed with hydroelectric power, here in Brazil we almost rely only on it. Itaipu dam produces full energy for a whole country (Paraguay) and for most of Brazil, and we built it in 1984!!
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I love this animation.
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A similar controversial dam called Tehri Dam garnered massive criticism. Uttarakhand is prone to earthquakes and this dam is the tallest dam in India. Some say that if it breaks, half of the state will be flooded.
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My parents were the engineers for the Three Gorges Dam, no matter what, I am proud of what they've achieved. It is indeed an engineering miracle!
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Captions were not synced properly
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I haven’t heard “turbine attached to a generator” since 7th grade science class and now I have PTSD.
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"this dam(n) rivalry is far from over"
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The animation guy always gets praise, this time lets appreciate the music guy too... The Brazilian and Chinese mix at the end was amazing!
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The purpose of the dam isn't only for powering, it's also for controlling the flood. It has been doing a great job at it this summer.
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Guys I think TED ED just swore “This damn rivalry”
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The animation and the voice of narrator are Damn relaxing...😌😌
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This animation is so satisfying to watch.
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As a Congolese the , Inga dams are far yet from being finished. With the corruption killing the country I don't see any developments there it has needed renovations ever since but nothing till now. Sorry for the rant
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2:36 They did this in the South to my family’s farm. My great grandpa’s childhood home is there, interesting to see
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The touch of Samba music to the ost whenever Itaipu is mentioned was astonishing
