Comments by "Andre Falksmen" (@andrefalksmen1264) on "IT'S HISTORY" channel.

The Los Angeles Aqueduct is one of the greatest, unfortunately also one of the last ,examples of civilian Civic leadership, engineering genius, and Empire Building Mega projects. As the 20th century continued, civilian Civic leadership would take a backseat to megaprojects planned and initiated by government with all of the inefficiencies, economic illiteracy, and special interest concerns such things entail. In the 21st century, the West has (a whole), lost its energy, drive, and vision, to carry out great projects and wishes to sacrifice everything on the altar of Mother Nature. The respect, admiration, and love of civilization is missing, hence why it is a civilization rotting before our eyes. Of course, great irony is as other civilizations, China particular have regained their faith, courage, and vision to carry out great Mega projects, such as South North Water diversion program, the West looks with incredulity and envy, expecting the Chinese to be as feckless and complacent as themselves about the future.
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@thenson509 LOL, sure!!
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@wolfiethedog76 his entire statement is simply stupid as China has more High-Speed Rail than all other nations in the world combined, and it was all built after 2008. He's just one of those people bitter of the success of China's so he has to try to excuse it away.
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@Rommer2258 no, China has already carried out massive green projects and inner Mongolia and adjacent areas to the Gobi desert. As the name of the project would suggest, South North diversion, the water is being diverted from the tropical south of China to the Arid North. There is a third leg of the project which captures water from the Tibetan Plateau, but most of the Tibetan Plateau as well above the Treeline and this is shrubland grassland anyway.
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