Loss in terms of money or efforts. Could be recent or ancient.
30 points
One of the best examples of unintended consequences, aiding in one of the largest human caused disasters.
10 points
Another good example is when the Soviet Union dammed the Aral Sea in order to create irrigation canals for cotton and other produce in the region. It worked at first and they had a huge economic boom, but this is also one of history’s most prominent examples of “Ecological Collapse”
5 points
15 points
7 points
