tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post7179677295928462175..comments2023-07-06T10:55:44.311+02:00Comments on Attempted Essays: Using up the PlanetFrancis Hunthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-33331871925894397922012-07-30T21:33:29.552+02:002012-07-30T21:33:29.552+02:00I love the Aubrey Maturin books definitely the fin...I love the Aubrey Maturin books definitely the finest works of historical fiction ever written, even if a huge story arc takes place outside of normal time needing two or three extra 1813s to deal with in everything from Desolation Island to the Wine Dark Sea. Still they are books I can read over and over again.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911334903016795718.post-46363393529403907722012-07-27T06:30:06.114+02:002012-07-27T06:30:06.114+02:00The character of Maturin seems to be inspired by D...The character of Maturin seems to be inspired by Darwin in his <i>Voyage of the Beagle</i> or an amalgam of Darwin and Captain Fitz Roy. The rest of your essay seems to reflect <i>The Vanishing Face of Gaia</i>, by James Lovelock, who concludes that homo sapiens will be greatly reduced in numbers; and that instead of foolishness like wind farms, we should concentrate as you say on sufficiency and in particular on self-sufficiency. The British Isles, he says, is one of the places which will remain habitable after other continents have become too hot and dry, and low-lying land has been swamped by rising sea-levels. Even more refugees will come, but the land won't support them all.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com