[whatisyour]

Erosion is not always wastage.

[bbor]

For a detailed discussion of “what is the environment, and what does preserving it look like?”, see the Red Mars trilogy. Very interesting questions about nature as aesthetic vs nature-in-its-own-right

[mft_]

Could you expand? I'm interested in what you're getting at.

[wongarsu]

Erosion makes gravel and sand, which are quite useful. It also makes minerals and nutrients accessible to life.

But we spend a lot of time and money managing erosion, and at the same time (often accidentally) create lots of erosion in other places. I doubt extracting tidal energy will have effects on a global scale, though it might cause some local changes

[Eddy_Viscosity2]

I think he's referring to nature making less florida.

[idontknowifican]

erosion actually creates nests for various sea birds