Belo Monte Dam construction blocked

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Originally Posted by redpaintednavi

The commersial powers press on to build the dam:

That part just shows that the electricity of that dam will by no way go to the people and giving them electricity or light, but that it will go to mining operations, probably aluminium smelters. And these things just suck in electricity - surely they would provide some jobs, but the energy that goes into these is insane and there will only be a few Brazilians profiting from this - the materials created by the mining companies will be exported and made into beer cans in the USA or therelike. Much more jobs would be created by building up a renewable and sustainable way of life. I think most workers would certainly prefer if their job is to mount solar panels than to work in an aluminium smelter...

And the Brazilian government show its arrogance against the indigenous communities:

That sounds sad indeed. Very much like in the US - you give the indigenous some parts of the land you do now want anyways and then they better shut up and dont stand in the way of the rest of the people who want to destroy the 90% of the country they claim for themself for their own luxury



Miner Vale invests in mega dam - UPI.com[/QUOTE]