Posted on 02/06/2016 8:00:44 AM PST by upchuck
Plans are underway to build a MILE-HIGH skyscraper in Japan.
If approved the huge tower would be the tallest building in the world, dwarfing the current record-holder, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai which is half as tall at 2,717ft (828m).
Located in Tokyo Bay, an inlet southeast of the city proper, the plan - dubbed Next Tokyo - wouldn't just be a single massive building, but if approved would emerge as a mini city designed to combat climate change.
Envisioned as part of Tokyo's effort to protect itself from rising tides, Next Tokyo would feature a chain of man-made, hexagon-shaped islands.
They would form a barrier to protect Japan's capital from flooding as well as provide the foundation for homes for some 500,000 people. They could be connected by Hyperloop, Elon Musk's high-speed transit system.
The centerpiece of the plan, is the 5,577-foot-tall skyscraper slated for completion in 2045. It's currently being called the Sky Mile Tower and is similarly hexagon-shaped for optimal wind resistance.
Reports say the tower could hold 55,000 people, a full 10th of the city-within-a-city's population. The building's facade will collect, filter and store water from the atmosphere, serving as its own apartments' water supply so that the upper floors don't have to rely on a traditional water pump.
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That last paragraph sounds like a recipe for disaster.
In Japan. Where earthquakes are common.
As long as it helps combat climate change then nothing else matters.
I could barely stand having 5 neighbors in one building -- let alone 55,000.
Anything to suppress “climate change.”
Sad, I remember when we use to build big things. Now the only massive building project is our debt.
My first thoughts, too. I hope it’s more tsunami resistant than their reactors.
Gives new meaning to the “Mile High Club.”
They have been earth worshipers for centuries.
Pray America wakes
Let’s see...
Area that is prone to cyclones, check.
Area of high seismicity, including the possibility of earthquakes in the Magnitude 8 or 9 area, check.
What could possibly go wrong?
When I was Japan a few years back everyone believed in man made global warming. Japanese are fixated on nature and the newspapers and media have been touting the sham for so long it is just common knowledge they take at face value. For being smart sometimes they ain’t too smart.
I'll be impressed when the tower withstands it's first 7.0.
5.56mm
The only thing about this climate change hysteria that’s cogent to me is that the PTB have reason to suspect an ELE or near-ELE (perhaps manufactured) in the near future and are planning their escape — not ours.
Yum!!! I can hardly wait!
Very, very tall buildings and extensive seismic activity. Always a good combination.
Modern engineering, the building will survive and soon be ready for new tenants.
The previous occupants will have been hurled out the windows, as from a slingshot.
Now THAT’S funny!
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