Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Is the notion of the "ultra project" really dead?
By building just five dams, the "Atlantropa" scheme would have fused Europe to Africa, creating power and vast swathes of fertile farmland... We're quite used to the idea of mega projects -- bold interferences with the Earth's natural systems done in the service of a perceived human good, such as China's Three Gorges Dam, or Ethiopia's scheme to dam the Blue Nile. But what about "ultra projects", those really astounding and even horrifying visions to change the face of the earth for mankind's benefit? We don't think like that anymore, do we? Well, not so long ago, influential people did. |
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