[LMB] [OT] May I do this?

[Richard Suitor]

On 12/19/06, James Nicoll <jdnicoll at panix.com> wrote:

> It's just that the land area in Oceana is relatively small so the fraction
> of humanity they represent is also small.

Ah.  So it is.

> (And while I grant that it would better if on this list, "North America"
> was called Nearctica and "Latin America etc was called "Neotropica",
> franky the entire Latin America thing throws me. How do Americans refer to
> that portion of the New World occupied by Hispanophones and Lusophones?

:<)   Good question.  Latin America is a useful term, but it gets
confused with Latin American, which is also used for Hispanic-culture
USAns.  Sloppy, I know.  But I expect the current answer to that (and
the area it refers to) will change more in 300 years than the physical
land masses will.  :<)

What happened to Australia?  That sometimes gets lumped in with the
Pacific Islands. Anyway, it has a bit of land mass, even though it
doesn't have much population.  I would expect by 2300, with that
population, better use might be made of it.   Maybe one could build
big Caves of Steel out in the desert, with serious water recycling and
greenhouse thingies on the roof.   Or Caves of (some stronger, more
available composite).

Richard