Towers of Steel? Look Again (2013)

nytimes ^ | Published: September 23, 2013 | By HENRY FOUNTAIN

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The Towering Inferno.

[anoldafvet]

“And we know that we need to lower CO2.”

I stopped reading as soon as I saw this. The guy is an idiot.

[IronJack]

Wood comes from trees. Trees absorb carbon dioxide. So to lessen the amount of CO2, cut down millions of trees for wood to build structures that reduce CO2.

Sounds like the liberal “logic” hellhounds are off the leash again.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“The premise is bogus.”

Hey! I had nothing to do with the “premise!”

[cripplecreek]

(From Twitter) BREAKING NEWS: Smoke rising from Burj Khalifa in Dubai, witnesses see fire engines staging.

[cripplecreek]

I’m thinking, “Wooden Chimney”.

[TomGuy]

As noted above, the premise is wrong. Using wood won’t control CO2. Mammals breath in oxygen, and exhale CO2. Trees breath in CO2 and exhale oxygen.

Easy. Break the cycle. Eliminate mammals. Population ZERO, accomplished. A Libs dream comes true, except that the Lib has been eliminated.

Uhhh. Wait a minute. Something is wrong with that premise, too.

[Imagine what a chart of a Liberal's mind would look like.]

[5th MEB]

Got a match?

[Flatus I. Maximus]

> would have a lower carbon footprint than a conventional structure

Until the day it burns.

[Doogle]

What could possibly go wrong?

...they would go through it like saber toothed beavers

[abclily]

OK!! Everybody pay attention!

Lesson for today:

1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.

2. The sun is a ball of fire that controls the climates of all its planets.

3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.

4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.

5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.

Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?

[abclily]

Some politician’s cousin is in the cloth bag business.

[abclily]

LOL!!!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[Forward the Light Brigade]

How about Bricks? Worked well for the Romans—Walk ups will keep the poor healthy as well.

[aquila48]

My apologies Dr Bogus!

[VTenigma]

Moron, I guess he never saw the movie “ Wicker Man “

[Cvengr]

While wooden structures might be ductile and have less mass, this steel moment frame is one of very few surviving the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 as well as the fire afterwards.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“I would think all these libtards could help by just stop breathing CO2 out....”

I would think all these libtards could help by just stop breathing...

There, fixed it!

[Cvengr]

Generally speaking, wood framed structures are limited to 35 to 65 ft in height, depending upon specific type of structure and seismic design category.

Economics usually prevail resulting in Steel frame systems.