Bakun hydroelectric project ..

Bakun..Sadly said that most of the people in Malaysia specifically in peninsula Malaysia know nothing about Bakun..Why?mayb they dun care about their own country or never ever see a newspaper or tv nor hear about such a bizarre form of information..

Bakun hydroelectric is a dam, located in island of borneo, under the territory of Malaysia, which is in Sarawak. What is it so significant about bakun? It is bcoz this dam is going 2 b the 2nd largest dam in the world, the 1st one is in china..bakun can generate power that can cater the demand of electricity to most ASEAN countries..even to southern china..that is y this dam is soo big..so big till they need to evacuate more than 10,000 villagers from their homes n flooded 80,000 hectares of land which is 2% of Sarawak remaining tropical forest..bakun’s dam originally should b completed in 2007 but due 2 some unavoidable crisis, this n that..till now the dam still in the process of completion n it is estimate 2 complete in 2010..

Bakun hydroelectric project got a lot of negative vibe from all over the world because of its size n the possibilities of what is going 2 happen during n after the dam operation..mainly in term of environment..80,000 hectares of tropical forest need 2 b bold so that it will not cause any future problem when the water raise up..wif the climax that we having now..putting down a lot of trees n not going to replant it is consider a sin 2 future generation..it will destruct the ecosystem, flora n fauna that been establish long b4 any of us existed..only god know what we will b missing when they flooded that area..that is y a lot of people r against building that dam..n there is also an issue about the life spend of that dam..the cost of maintaining the dam will surely b out of this world..it makes ppl wonder..how much profit will get n will it generate enough income to support the expenses it had been acquire for all these years..n also it is the tallest dam in the world, will it able 2 sustain the water pressure of the lake n how long will it last..

Every problem has its own solution, it is either applicable or not..so here goes..we cant stop development so y against it..it will not bring us any good..1 of the solution that i came up is 2 developed n still keep it green..how can we achieve that??well..1st of all, we need 2 set up a reserve location for flora n fauna..we need 2 survey any rare species of flora or fauna n relocate them 2 the reserve location..this ensure the survival of the species..2nd, we need 2 replant 2 another place equal from the area that had been destroyed 2 balance it out..it ensure the balance the contribution of CO2..resort would b a good idea to zero out unemployment in that area..the resort must b eco-friendly..meaning that it must use nature as much as possible..such as no air con what so ever..for the dam itself..we can just hope for the best..hope that they maintain well enough 2 not letting the dam crack or even worse..coz they know what they r doing n now it is all about trusting them..for trust goes a long way..