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A lot of environmentalists might be tempted to respond immediately with “certainly not any good effects”, but dam builders might respond with “fantastic examples of feats of human engineering” providing millions of Americans with electricity and water and recreation and gambling opportunities. You can probably find one example of environmental damage for each and every triumph of man over naturenature, and we’ll be looking at a few examples in more detail later ( 9).