Pebble Mine - on PBS Frontline last night

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by RedJacket

The proposed Pebble Mine complex is located in a seismically active region. How well would a big dam hold up against a rather large earthquake?

It would hold up just fine.

[RayinAK]

Originally Posted by RedJacket

The proposed Pebble Mine complex is located in a seismically active region. How well would a big dam hold up against a rather large earthquake?

Hopefully the mine's "dam" is not one like the Hoover Dam with housing complexes on the low side

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by RedJacket

The proposed Pebble Mine complex is located in a seismically active region. How well would a big dam hold up against a rather large earthquake?

That depends on the design of the dam.

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by stiffnecked

It would hold up just fine.

I will reserve judgement until I see its design. Hopefully they will take into consideration Alaska's seismic activity.

[jdhpa]

With any project, it is always possible to do it poorly:

Corrosion plagues new Bay Bridge span - Bay Bridge - The Sacramento Bee


The possibility of a poor job isn't a reason to abandon a project, it's a reason to put in the oversight to make sure it's done well.

[stiffnecked]

Originally Posted by Glitch

I will reserve judgement until I see its design. Hopefully they will take into consideration Alaska's seismic activity.

Now that the issue has been raised by the experts here at City-Data the Pebble engineering department will look at this previously unkown issue post-haste!!!

[contiempo]

Originally Posted by Naturen

Let me refine my statement: at All costs.

The best non-technical definition of profit I have ever heard is that profit is a measure of the value added by a business. There would be no new businesses, products, services, or tax revenue without profits first.