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WanderingEng  ·  3195 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mosul dam engineers warn it could fail at any time, killing 1m people

That's one of those politically impossible situations. Either cause a small disaster now (less access to energy) or let a big disaster happen later. I suppose that explains why they used to do (and needed to continue) so much grouting. Anything to keep the energy flowing.