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Laotians may have bristled at hearing about Bangkok's massive new EmQuartier high-end shopping centre. But those gripes don't stem from envy of the number of outlets selling high end brands in the Thai capital. Instead, the point of contention is how much electricity soaked up by Bangkok's ever growing number of retail plazas, power that relies on hydro dams that are wreaking ecological havoc in the neighbouring Southeast Asian nation.
Via Richard Harvey, Andy Dorn
Dam in Laos --> electricity in Thailand
However since Thailand has been consuming electricity a lot, following the rapid economic development, the demand of electricity and hydro dams in Laos have been increased. Those dams are responsible for decrease in biodiversity, preventing fish from migrating or reaching where local people do fishing.