Houston, Texas, the first mega dome city - a good idea?

Discussion in 'World Events' started by common_sense_seeker, Apr 14, 2010.

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Are giant city mega domes a good idea?

  1. Yes - work should start immediately, money saved in the long run

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  2. No - too dangerous, risky and likely to go over budget

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    50.0%

  3. Don't know - I not sure just yet

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  1. MacGyver1968

    MacGyver1968 Fixin' Shit that Ain't Broke Valued Senior Member

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    True...Galveston is in a lot more danger to hurricanes...but who wants to go the beach covered in a dome?

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    MacGyver1968, Apr 17, 2010
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  3. D H

    D H Some other guy Valued Senior Member

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    Hurricanes spawn mini-tornados; Ike spawned a lot of them. One (or more than one) of them ripped through our neighborhood.

    I live a few miles west of the bay. I (maybe stupidly) stayed during Ike. The silence when the eye passed overhead woke me up. I ventured outside with a flashlight, "Not too bad!" The water had risen to about 50 yards of our house, and not a huge amount of debris. I knew that that would be the extent of the tidal surge for us because the winds from the backside of the storm would push the water north and west; i.e., away from us. I thought that that would be the worst of the winds also; the strongest winds are usually on the leading edge of the eyewall. I was right about the waters but wrong about the winds. We got slammed big time when the trailing edge of the eyewall hit.
     
    D H, Apr 17, 2010
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  5. Norsefire

    Norsefire Salam Shalom Salom Registered Senior Member

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    Haha well I really don't like sunshine anyway so I wouldn't mind

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    Norsefire, Apr 17, 2010
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  7. soullust

    soullust Registered Senior Member

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    if man wants to colonize un in habitat planets they might as well learn here how to make artificial environments, what a better way then to build domes and under ground complexes here, as for earth quakes and stuff, you will see them on other galactic rocks to, id rather have a failed dome here on earth then on the moon.
     
    soullust, Apr 17, 2010
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  8. common_sense_seeker

    common_sense_seeker Bicho Voador & Bicho Sugador Valued Senior Member

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    Also would block out potential volcanic ash deposits and be washed away by the rain naturally. That would save $billions straight away. The Iceland eruptions shows what a huge problem ash clouds can be..
     
    common_sense_seeker, Apr 19, 2010
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  9. bettaluna

    bettaluna Registered Member

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    what about the effects such a dome will have on society? Houston isn't an utopia where everyone lives in perfect harmony. A dome like this present a great divide in socioeconomic classes in Houston.

    also, traffic in Houston is terrible enough....why add a dome to mess it up more?!

    I know this thread is old, but I couldn't help myself.
     
    bettaluna, Jan 19, 2014
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  10. Gage

    Gage Registered Senior Member

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    Lol of course there are people who think this is a good idea!

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    Gage, Jan 19, 2014
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  11. Glimview

    Glimview Banned Banned

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    orographic lifting would cause it to rain constantly on one side of the dome if it was 1500'. Lawsuit city
     
    Glimview, Jan 21, 2014
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