“In the view of conservationists, there is something special about dams, something—as conservation problems go—that is disproportionately and metaphysically sinister. The outermost circle of the Devil’s world seems to be a moat filled mainly with DDT. Next to it is a moat of burning gasoline. Within that is a ring of pinheads each covered with a million people—and so on past phalanxed bulldozers and bicuspid chain saws into the absolute epicenter of Hell on earth, where stands a dam.”
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Encounters with the Archdruid
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John McPhee
John McPhee is an esteemed American writer, born on March 8, 1931. His works are renowned for their insightful exploration of the natural sciences and their clear, engaging narrative style. more
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