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Vermont City Almost Encased In a 1-Mile Dome
destinyland writes "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.'"
Then again, if you put a dome over it, the city's residents could just gas each other to death, which would effectively stop them from polluting.
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Didn't they try something like this in Springfield? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Movie
Come on now, this was already done in the Simpsons movie... Nothing new here!
Birds that fly south?
Ah, the gentle thud of the returning swallows....
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The town from TFA was about 7,000 people. They said they would just use electric cars. Or a monorail.
Monorail!
Mono ... duh!
At just one percent of glass, ETFE is described as 99 percent nothing.
Then why didn't they name it "Congress"?
Well, I had plans to do so, isn't that the same thing as almost doing it? No?
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
How are they supposed to get coconuts?
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling a pig in the mud. After a while, you realize the engineer enjoys it.
Are all of you finished making up problems? When was the last time people suffocated because the oxygen level in skyscrapers without openable windows got too low? What, they actually live in there? Blimey! They must be using magic to ensure a constant supply of fresh air!
Name me one single idea in history, which when summed up in one sentence sounds very well though out.....
Put a dome over the dome as a windbreak.
Or a monorail.
Is there a chance the track could bend?
You have a dome with a bunch of air in it, right? It has to be exchanged with fresh air, right? Now the city can tax the air their citizens people breath.
It is brilliant, really. They've finally found a way to tax the air we breathe!!
Not a chance my Hindu friend
"(I) have this unfortunate condition that causes me not to believe a single thing any politician says when a mic's on.
When town resident Ethyl Silane was asked her opinion of the dome, she inexplicably ran from her porch screaming "Eee-pah ee-pah eeepaahh!"
Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
Like a genuine,
Bona fide,
Electrified,
Six-car
Monorail!
What'd I say?
Ned Flanders: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty+Selma: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Monorail!
[crowd chants `Monorail' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: It glides as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the track could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Monorail!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Monorail!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
All: Monorail!
Monorail!
Monorail!
[big finish]
Monorail!
Homer: Mono... D'oh!
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
This would just lead to big arguments between the men and women of the town.
That's nice. I'm talking about Houston, which has a lot more than 7,000 people... Although it probably wouldn't if they put a dome on it.
Simply implant crystal "lifeclocks" in everyone's palms at birth, and terminate most (in practice, all) people at age 30. Problem solved.
Sup dawg! I put a dome in ur dome so u could windbreak while u break wind.
City = Settlement + 3 ore + 2 wheat