[at-l] People, Nature and "Development"

[Jim Lynch]

Thanks; I think you make my point!

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Bullard" <jim.bullard at gmail.com>
To: "Jim Lynch" <jplynch at crosslink.net>
Cc: <AT-L at backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] People, Nature and "Development"


> Well, beavers build dams for the benefit of their extended families.
> There may be more than one lodge in a beaver pond. Hoover Dam was
> built for the benefit of a larger human family but the impulse was the
> same and the power generated by Hoover Dam is very much a part of the
> lives of those it was built to benefit. It is right there at there
> fingertips when they turn on a light.
>
> On 1/1/07, Jim Lynch <jplynch at crosslink.net> wrote:
>> There might be another angle.
>>    The beaver builds the dam for his families personal use and 
>> protection.
>> They live there.  Its not remote to them, its home.  The dam is very much 
>> a
>> part of their life.
>>    Hoover Dam was built by individuals who had no personal interest in it
>> (other than doing a job well).  The dam, and its impoundment meant 
>> nothing
>> to them after it was done.  The benefit of the dam accrues to people who 
>> are
>> remote from it and the benefit is indirect (e.g. the dam is but one of 
>> many
>> providers of electricity and water).
>>    Not to suggest that one is good and the other isn't; but there is a
>> difference.
>>
>>
>>
>> > In a message dated 12/29/2006 10:21:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> > icw at wardanddavis.com writes:
>> > *
>> > *
>> > *
>> >
>> > "Describe in defensible, logical terms, the
>> > difference between a beaver dam and Hoover Dam."
>> >
>>
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