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Dubai Is Building a Refrigerated Beach

Posted by samzenpus on from the building-ice-castles dept.

dataxtream writes "The world's first refrigerated beach is to be built at a luxury hotel in Dubai, located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. The beach will include heat-absorbing pipes under the sand along with large wind blowers, which will keep tourists cool and guard their feet against the hot sand. Half of me says these guys need a reality check, the other half wants to go there." I believe I've just thought of a way we could solve this whole global warming thing I've been hearing about.

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  1. Futurama by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Documentary Narrator: Fortunately, our handsomest politicians came up with a cheap, last minute way to combat global warming. Ever since 2063, we simply drop a giant ice cube into the ocean now and again.

    Suzie: Just like daddy puts in his drink every morning. Then he gets mad.

    Documentary Narrator: Of course, because the greenhouse gasses are still building up, it takes more and more ice each time, thus solving the problem once and for all.

    Suzie: But...

    Documentary Narrator: Once and for all!

  2. The laws of thermodynamics are still on the books by tetromino · · Score: 4, Funny

    I believe I've just thought of a way we could solve this whole global warming thing I've been hearing about.

    You mean, power the giant beach refrigerator by attaching a generator to the spinning corpse of old Sadi Carnot?

  3. No thanks... by glavenoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    No booze on the beach. Pass. No half-nekkid chicks. Pass. I'll save my beach-going for a land that loves sin...

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    1. Re:No thanks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yeah, but if Dubai keeps building cool shit like this, it won't be long until we get a new Dubai-themed Vegas hotel with miniature versions of everything they dream up in the actual Dubai. I'm sure making people feel like oil sheiks would also work as a "math-challenged people come give us your money" theme as well.

      So this is less an advertisement for you than it is a preview of what you can expect to see in the places you're more interested in.

  4. Re:Has this solution been considered? by Joce640k · · Score: 3, Funny

    No engineer would ever think of that - the water is miles away!

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  5. Re:beach erosion/movement by Miseph · · Score: 5, Funny

    "all beaches are not like Daytona."

    I've been to Daytona, and all I can say to that is: Thank Fucking God.

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  6. Awesome by InlawBiker · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somebody needed to deflect attention from America's excesses and take the spotlight for needless waste and overspending. Go Dubai!