The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Nov 21st 2007, 4:52 am
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The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Richard Branson on Sunday
"Dubai will be underwater in 50 years"
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/50429...-branson?ln=en
ok hes got the numbers wrong in all probability but i was wondering when the "Dubai machine" would respond
Today from Nakheel
"Palm flood - 'Branson wrong'"
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index...wrong&Itemid=1
"Dubai will be underwater in 50 years"
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/50429...-branson?ln=en
ok hes got the numbers wrong in all probability but i was wondering when the "Dubai machine" would respond
Today from Nakheel
"Palm flood - 'Branson wrong'"
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index...wrong&Itemid=1
Nov 21st 2007, 8:35 am
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Re: The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Good old Nakheel 
Their science, at least as presented in that report, is seriously flawed, but never mind.
When the Wikipedia entry for the Palm Jumeirah was modified to include the fact that the housing density on the island was greatly increased after the original round of sales (which was absolutely true) and that they'd had stagnation problems with the water before they added the breaks in the crescent (again true), someone was quick to edit the page to remove that stuff. A quick glance at the edit history revealed that the IP address for the person doing the censoring was... the Palm Jumeirah Sales Office
There's a wider problem here though, of the fact that the pollution and greenhouse gases created by the UAE are out of all proportion to the population size; in fact, I think I'm right in saying that the UAE is one of the most polluting nations in the world in that respect. And as well as our enthusiastic contribution to global warming, imagine all the crap that's coating our lungs when we breathe the air here. Lovely
Their science, at least as presented in that report, is seriously flawed, but never mind.When the Wikipedia entry for the Palm Jumeirah was modified to include the fact that the housing density on the island was greatly increased after the original round of sales (which was absolutely true) and that they'd had stagnation problems with the water before they added the breaks in the crescent (again true), someone was quick to edit the page to remove that stuff. A quick glance at the edit history revealed that the IP address for the person doing the censoring was... the Palm Jumeirah Sales Office
There's a wider problem here though, of the fact that the pollution and greenhouse gases created by the UAE are out of all proportion to the population size; in fact, I think I'm right in saying that the UAE is one of the most polluting nations in the world in that respect. And as well as our enthusiastic contribution to global warming, imagine all the crap that's coating our lungs when we breathe the air here. Lovely
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Nov 21st 2007, 8:44 am
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Re: The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Good old Nakheel
When the Wikipedia entry for the Palm Jumeirah was modified to include the fact that the housing density on the island was greatly increased after the original round of sales (which was absolutely true) and that they'd had stagnation problems with the water before they added the breaks in the crescent (again true), someone was quick to edit the page to remove that stuff. A quick glance at the edit history revealed that the IP address for the person doing the censoring was... the Palm Jumeirah Sales Office
There's a wider problem here though, of the fact that the pollution and greenhouse gases created by the UAE are out of all proportion to the population size; in fact, I think I'm right in saying that the UAE is one of the most polluting nations in the world in that respect. And as well as our enthusiastic contribution to global warming, imagine all the crap that's coating our lungs when we breathe the air here. Lovely
When the Wikipedia entry for the Palm Jumeirah was modified to include the fact that the housing density on the island was greatly increased after the original round of sales (which was absolutely true) and that they'd had stagnation problems with the water before they added the breaks in the crescent (again true), someone was quick to edit the page to remove that stuff. A quick glance at the edit history revealed that the IP address for the person doing the censoring was... the Palm Jumeirah Sales Office
There's a wider problem here though, of the fact that the pollution and greenhouse gases created by the UAE are out of all proportion to the population size; in fact, I think I'm right in saying that the UAE is one of the most polluting nations in the world in that respect. And as well as our enthusiastic contribution to global warming, imagine all the crap that's coating our lungs when we breathe the air here. Lovely
Judging by this board's preference to mull over the property apocalypse rather than the scorched earth apocalypse, I am probably wasting my breath here but...
http://www.eeg-uae.org/billion-tree-campaign.htm
Plant a tree. Go on...
Nov 21st 2007, 8:55 am
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Re: The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Bang on re UAE's per capita carbon footprint. (http://www.ameinfo.com/53883.html, for example).
Judging by this board's preference to mull over the property apocalypse rather than the scorched earth apocalypse, I am probably wasting my breath here but...
http://www.eeg-uae.org/billion-tree-campaign.htm
Plant a tree. Go on...
Judging by this board's preference to mull over the property apocalypse rather than the scorched earth apocalypse, I am probably wasting my breath here but...
http://www.eeg-uae.org/billion-tree-campaign.htm
Plant a tree. Go on...
Nov 21st 2007, 9:07 am
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Nov 21st 2007, 9:30 am
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Nov 21st 2007, 9:33 am
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Re: The Palms doomed....or not maybe
Nov 21st 2007, 9:34 am
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Nov 21st 2007, 10:52 am
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Nov 21st 2007, 10:58 am
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Re: The Palms doomed....or not maybe
There are plans for local area cooling when the dolphin LPG line is installed, which will save a lot of energy...
My boys have built prototype solar power & wind power systems, and there is some interest in adopting this technology on rural farms.