tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post5610724217197560902..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: More About SolarJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-81886214799895675742010-04-23T18:45:29.634-05:002010-04-23T18:45:29.634-05:00No, it doesn't help to call people greedy (it...No, it doesn't help to call people greedy (it offends people unnecessarily), but some people are greedy. We're not in 1955.<br />There are lots of alternative life-styles around these days; there is a lot of information available about the environment and about global warming. If someone opts to ignore that information, then that person is greedy or selfish or does not care about s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-87059107257896369632010-04-23T18:33:33.460-05:002010-04-23T18:33:33.460-05:00That scene is really really funny, and credit is g...That scene is really really funny, and credit is given where credit is due. <br /><br />About whether we are greedy...I am not sure what to say about that. Most people unconsciously assimilate the lifestyle around them. Is it really greed? Does it help anything to say it's greed? Maybe it's better just to say "this level of consumption has such and such harmful effects," Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-84178951508848546632010-04-23T18:22:54.362-05:002010-04-23T18:22:54.362-05:00I've read several reviews of the book, and the...I've read several reviews of the book, and they all seem to refer to that "two men and one bag of crisps on a train" comic scene. It looks like McEwan stole that scene from the late, great Douglas Adams, who frequently told the same tale about his own adventures in a train station with a complete stranger and a package of cookies.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399341362068645241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-51578363332012518152010-04-23T17:08:17.926-05:002010-04-23T17:08:17.926-05:00Amos, Thanks a lot. That matches my perceptions of...Amos, Thanks a lot. That matches my perceptions of the book perfectly, 100%. The food descriptions are priceless, all very funny in an offbeat way. A "shaggy hog story"....HA!Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-72772403401701418172010-04-23T16:52:51.307-05:002010-04-23T16:52:51.307-05:00A review I chanced upon:
http://www.nybooks.com/a...A review I chanced upon:<br /><br />http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/apr/19/fat-mans-vengeance/s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-39194384718986695202010-04-23T10:54:16.663-05:002010-04-23T10:54:16.663-05:00Hi Ed: You should talk to my sister. She refus...Hi Ed: You should talk to my sister. She refuses to use the dishwashing machine, to put on the heat in the house until it's below freezing, to let the water in the shower get "hot", to buy paper towels, to use plastic bags, etc, etc. You and she are most likely right.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-49118404691981448292010-04-23T10:44:37.603-05:002010-04-23T10:44:37.603-05:00It's not just "some people" Amos. A...It's not just "some people" Amos. Almost all of us live a lifestyle dictated by greed rather than need. <br /><br />Most of us are driving bigger cars than we really need, and driving them unnecessarily. Almost all of us live in bigger houses than we actually need, full of energy guzzling appliances. Many of us buy new toys every time a flashier cell phone or lap top comes on Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06399341362068645241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-23351182589133560492010-04-23T10:04:56.316-05:002010-04-23T10:04:56.316-05:00You say that "we, as individuals, are not t...You say that "we, as individuals, are not too greedy".<br />I assume that you lead a reasonably green lifestyle, but some people definitely are "too greedy". There are people with huge cars that they don't need, with huge, overheated houses, with private jets, with flood-lights on their lawns at night, who use fossil-fuel burning machines for the simplest and s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com