Talk:Draumalandið

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[edit] Non-fiction

Lest someone misunderstands it, Draumalandið is non-fiction in the same sense as Plato's dialogues. It is not a scholarly work in the natural sciences. Cheers Io 15:49, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

PS: From what I gather, the comparison is grossly unfair to Plato. Plato, at least, thought rationally. Io 23:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

This book is quite rational in my opinion... Vegfarandi 20:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Maybe. But he is sloppy with his numbers, and one argument of his is what follows: Orkustofnun has published an estimate of harnessable hydropower, then deducted what is not economically practical and then deducted again, what is not environmentally sound. Our author actually mentions this, but then adds something to the effect of "should we then harness every brook in Iceland?". He may be a decent writer for children, but not for adults.

Cheers Io 18:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)