Tea and betel nuts destroying Taiwan On examining the reasons for the damage, Herb was of course the main culprit, but many experts, and even officials in relevant government departments, believe that the main reasons for "nature striking back" -- causing the damage to be more widespread than it might otherwise have been--are to be found in people at all levels pursuing their own short-sighted gain.
茶葉、檳榔亡台？檢討災害原因，賀伯固是元凶，但學者專家、甚至許多相關單位的政府官員咸認為，靠山吃山、靠水吃水、人謀不贓﹘﹘「上下交征利」的結果，也是這次災害擴大、所謂「大自然反撲」的主因。