John Gall Quote

The Aswan Dam, built at enormous expense to improve the lot of the Egyptian peasant, has caused the Nile to deposit its fertilizing sediment in Lake Nasser, where it is unavailable. Egyptian fields must now be artificially fertilized. Gigantic fertilizer plants have been built to meet the new need. The plants require enormous amounts of electricity. The dam must operate at capacity merely to supply the increased need for electricity which was created by the building of the dam

p. 18. Cited in: Harvey J. Bertcher (1988) Staff development in human service organizations. p. 45 - General systemantics, an essay on how systems work, and especially how they fail..., 1975