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World's tallest skyscraper will be a MILE HIGH and twice as tall as the Burj
The Sun ^
| circa Feb 5, 2016
| Hanna Alberts
Posted on 02/06/2016 8:00:44 AM PST by upchuck
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To: upchuck
But wait a minute. Don't they have to go through some type of environmental-impact study and NIMBY protesters?
Isn't this type of thing against the very environment that it purports to protect?
To: upchuck
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:18:31 AM PST
by
Lorianne
To: BenLurkin
Just call it a built in amusement park ride.
Now it's a feature.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:19:31 AM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: upchuck
At least there is no heavy aircraft traffic in the Tokyo area and never any problem with fog.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:19:42 AM PST
by
Rockpile
(GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
To: upchuck
better be built more than a mile away from the shoreline then...
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:20:06 AM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: upchuck
A colossal homing beacon for the Chinese and Norks.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:22:29 AM PST
by
fso301
To: upchuck
Can you say “earthquake prone area”?
I knew you could!
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:25:14 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
To: usurper
Our environazis would never permit something like that.
The developers are clever in selling it as an environmental project.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:25:44 AM PST
by
aquila48
To: upchuck
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:26:31 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Alberta's Child
I could barely stand having 5 neighbors in one building -- let alone 55,000. This building reminds me of the Urbmons the Robert Silverberg's book "The World Inside."
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:30:26 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
To: upchuck
Good for Japan for taking on the complex engineering challenge of building a mile-high skyscraper.
We used to take on complex engineering challenges. Now we just give away free stuff to lazy people who can't even spell their own names.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:30:54 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: JoeProBono
A classic from 1974. I thought about that movie as I read the article :)
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:33:27 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
To: Drew68
Now we just give away free stuff to lazy people who can't even spell their own names.
A couple of years ago, an urban friend insisted I use his Obamaphone; I forget why. I didn't use it but left it on for charging and after a week or so, I was notified that since I "had moved", I needed to update my permanent Obamaphone records.
If it's free, there's a good reason it's free.
To: Drew68
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:35:56 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Killary is the poster girl for everything wrong with our government. h/t Mister Da)
To: outofsalt
Better put some guy wires on that sucker!
To: refermech
You could zip line to Okinawa!
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:45:00 AM PST
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: upchuck
Their language will suddenly fragment into a hundred others so that no one understands anyone else.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:50:50 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: upchuck
One good earthquake and I can see that sucker toppling over. I can’t imagine living in something like that. I like the ground. Feels safer.
To: upchuck
That would be quite the engineering feat and an architectural marvel. If anyone can pull it off, I suspect the Japanese can. It’s good that they’re dreaming and reaching. Several questions arise, though. Their population is declining, so where is the demand? Hurricane force winds won’t be uncommon at the top of this structure. Power failure would be much more of a problem, can you imagine 55,000 people exiting this building via stairs? Fire, I don’t even want to think about that.
To: upchuck
Sounds like a really great idea for a high-earthquake zone.
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posted on
02/06/2016 8:57:07 AM PST
by
PAR35
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