Latest comments posted about The Zipingpu dam: after the quake on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2210-The-Zipingpu-dam-after-the-quake http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2210-The-Zipingpu-dam-after-the-quake "According to Zhang, it is not only possible to build reservoirs in earthquake-prone areas, but this also helps to reduce the strength of quakes. Reservoirs might cause the quakes to become more frequent, but they will dampen them like a quilt over the ground, he argues." Despite his being a so-called expert, Zhang Boting's theory is actually absurd. It has been argued against here: http://tinyurl.com/6299wo ( This comment was translated by Zheng Shen) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56:32 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2210#comment-7671 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2210#comment-7671