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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
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"?
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!
Put a dome over the dome as a windbreak.
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.
City = Settlement + 3 ore + 2 wheat