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AL the Inconspicuous

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« on: November 09, 2009, 09:13:48 AM »

From Slashdot -- Vermont City Almost Encased In a 1-mile Dome --

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A Vermont city once proposed a one-mile dome over its 7,000 residents.  (They paid $4 million a year in heating bills, and HUD seriously considered funding their proposal.)  The city's architectural concept included supporting the Dome with air pressure slightly above atmospheric pressure.  (Buckminster Fuller warned their biggest challenge would be keeping it from floating away...)  There would be no more heating bills, fly-fishing all year, and no more snow shoveling.  And to this day, the former city planner insists that "Economically it's a slam dunk".


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I'm a big fan of innovative engineering mega-projects like this - as long as they're funded privately...


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The biggest issue [...] would be the public taking of land via eminent domain to secure the area around the edges, illustrated by the 2005 controversial Supreme Court decision in Kelo vs. City of New London.  Such issues [...] will become more common in the future as environmental sustainability and even survival become economic issues.

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« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2009, 09:33:09 AM »

So we could keep those Vermont people locked inside there?  This reminds me of a Simpson's episode.
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« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2009, 10:54:25 AM »

So we could keep those Vermont people locked inside there?  This reminds me of a Simpson's episode.

Wasn't it the Simpson Movie?
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« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2009, 12:02:45 PM »

So we could keep those Vermont people locked inside there?  This reminds me of a Simpson's episode.

Wasn't it the Simpson Movie?
Heh yeah I guess it was.
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« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2009, 12:33:44 PM »

Um how does fresh air get into the dome?  :o
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« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2009, 12:41:05 PM »

You obviously need a ventilation system, and it would have to be pretty darn powerful, because them folks in Vermont emit 10x more "smug" than anyone else on the planet!  :lol:


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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2009, 12:42:56 PM »

Actually, you could design one that works based on literally solar power. Not electrical fan systems, but thermal gradients which would create a difference in pressure from one side of the dome to the other. Good idea if you're working on a space colony experiment.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2009, 01:41:41 PM »

Wouldn't that get a bit hot in the summer?
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2009, 01:49:03 PM »

There are many things you can do to a dome seasonally to change how it circulates air, reflects or absorbs heat from the sun, and so on.
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AL the Inconspicuous

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« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2009, 04:44:08 PM »

Ew...  Of the three "Excellent (blank)" threads I remember, the above picture is most befitting of ...   freakporn:lol:
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2009, 05:01:14 PM »



Second dude from the right looks a little too happy to have his arm around Goat Man's waist.

Honestly, who grabs another man around the waist like that?
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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2009, 05:08:31 PM »

Looks like the dude on the right fingernail polish on....not that there is anything wrong with that.
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« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2009, 06:09:56 PM »

Looks like the dude on the right fingernail polish on....not that there is anything wrong with that.

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« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2009, 06:28:48 PM »

Honestly, who grabs another man around the waist like that?

Umm, somebody who isn't a homophobe?

Chin-beard and Umbros-Man don't seem to have a problem with it. 
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