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More likely both Carson and Herbert were reacting to the growing ideas of ecology at that time.
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There is a much better breakdown of 'Dune' here: [moongadget.com]
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While DDT was never banned for disease control usage, the public current against it had an impact on disease control as well. The worst part of all this is that DDT *WAS* abused for agricultural use, spraying massive quantities far greater than is used for disease control. This causes resistance in mosquitoes, and renders DDT less effective or ineffective for the very tasks at which it SHOULD be used for; saving lives, not crops.
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On another note I am not looking forward to another movie version.Dune is a very complex story and at least that scifi miniseries split the book into 3 movies but what will we end up with if a new version doesnot do this spliting into multiple films.It will be shit that is what.
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You win the "Understatement of the Decade" award.
They were atrocious. I'd never actually felt like punching a book until I read those.
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Now you're probably thinking wouldn't you want to punch him in the face? I do. I really really do. But punching him would be like pulling my hand from the box.
And I am not an animal.
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All that's missing are whiny Jedi and extremely useful droids.
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1) in general, people don't like living underground. period. image-2 is deceptive in that spaces recede into light, as they would above ground. replace those vanishing points with the realistic BLACK, and it looks far less inviting. it would be much darker in there, despite large 'skylights'
2) people are not kind to open water in urban environments. that water would become FOUL without some really dedicated people and efficient cleaning systems.
3) you've created a new ecological system within the desert. It will be interesting to see what kind of wildlife this city would attract and harbor.
4) could you REALLY collect, house, purify, recycle and maintain the water needs of an entire city? i would hazard to say "no" based on average water consumption stats and available "harvestable" water resources in US deserts. there'd be some fremen-like lifestyle changes required of this place.
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What he has illustrated is NOT an underground structure. It may be below ground level, but that roof was a lid built across an open pit if those skylights are real. That may help your cooling bills, but not by much.
Since you're not relying on flowing water, where does the power for 24 hour a day lighting come from? Solar? Say hello to another vulnerability in the "inevitable" water wars. What about air circulation?
Collecting water in those regions: I'd love to see it. Growing food in his pits: small amounts maybe, but societies survive eating grains, not fruit. Sustaining more than a small community in these for any length of time would be impossible.
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