Erdrich Hetch Valley Summary
Restored Hetch Hetchy Valley or Not?
In “Hetch Hetch Valley” (1912) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, John Muir argues that Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be dammed and turned into a reservoir. He describes how fantastic and special the Hetch Hetchy Valley is by pointing out to its highlights. Then, he claims that everyone needs material and mental lives. He asserts the natural beauty can provide people a positive attitude toward life. Thus, he blames the advocates damage this beauty for money. The proponents claim that Hetch Hetchy Valley just a normal landscape that people can find lots of others. In addition, it would be more beautiful after being dammed. On the other hand, they also assert that the water in Hetch Hetchy Valley is so pure that it would never been polluted. Therefore, Muir censures the proponents give bad reasons and unreal facts to mislead people and make the dam project reasonable. Furthermore, he against building dam to break these precious wild beauties. …show more content…
Norm Rixon, who has worked in the Hetch Hetchy for over 30years, praises the Hetch Hetchy dam that “It’s a wonderful system” and “I don’t know how you could do any better than that.” Amazingly, according to the reporter, “San Francisco gets twenty percent of its power from Hetch Hetchy”. Furthermore, Leal asserts that “we’ve had energy crisis in the state”, but Hetch Hetchy provides “the clean hydropower” to the state. Without the Hetch Hetchy, it costs more to buy the energy or we have to use other unclean energy for our daily life. Moreover, power is sold at cost which also benefit the city nearby. Importantly, “in a semi-arid state” says Susan Leal, “for us to eliminate the [water] source … it’s foolhardy.” As Leal says, the water source is too important for California, without Hetch Hetchy, residents might need to pay a more expensive price for the water, as well as the
In “Hetch Hetch Valley” (1912) from American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, John Muir argues that Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be dammed and turned into a reservoir. He describes how fantastic and special the Hetch Hetchy Valley is by pointing out to its highlights. Then, he claims that everyone needs material and mental lives. He asserts the natural beauty can provide people a positive attitude toward life. Thus, he blames the advocates damage this beauty for money. The proponents claim that Hetch Hetchy Valley just a normal landscape that people can find lots of others. In addition, it would be more beautiful after being dammed. On the other hand, they also assert that the water in Hetch Hetchy Valley is so pure that it would never been polluted. Therefore, Muir censures the proponents give bad reasons and unreal facts to mislead people and make the dam project reasonable. Furthermore, he against building dam to break these precious wild beauties. …show more content…
Norm Rixon, who has worked in the Hetch Hetchy for over 30years, praises the Hetch Hetchy dam that “It’s a wonderful system” and “I don’t know how you could do any better than that.” Amazingly, according to the reporter, “San Francisco gets twenty percent of its power from Hetch Hetchy”. Furthermore, Leal asserts that “we’ve had energy crisis in the state”, but Hetch Hetchy provides “the clean hydropower” to the state. Without the Hetch Hetchy, it costs more to buy the energy or we have to use other unclean energy for our daily life. Moreover, power is sold at cost which also benefit the city nearby. Importantly, “in a semi-arid state” says Susan Leal, “for us to eliminate the [water] source … it’s foolhardy.” As Leal says, the water source is too important for California, without Hetch Hetchy, residents might need to pay a more expensive price for the water, as well as the