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The "Infernal" Combustion Engine

The "Infernal" Combustion Engine

Update: 2025-03-08
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In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam discuss Tolkien's love of trees and the environment.


Primary sources:

The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


Secondary sources:

Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography

Curry - Defending Middle-Earth

Kocher - Master of Middle-Earth

Hull (Reactor Mag) - The Long Defeat: Reading Tolkien in the Time of Climate Change

Wikipedia - Environmentalism in The Lord of the Rings


More reading:

Pope Francis - Laudato Si

Demsas (The Atlantic) - The Culture War Tearing American Environmentalism Apart

Solis (Nevada Current) - Solar power project threatens prime desert tortoise habitat, conservationists warn

Ruhl & Salzman - The Greens' Dilemma: Building Tomorrow's Climate Infrastructure Today


Our earlier episode on Aule and Yavanna


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The "Infernal" Combustion Engine

The "Infernal" Combustion Engine