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Have y'all seen this? Qatar is air conditioning their open-air markets and stadiums. TyrReborn Send a noteboard - 19/10/2019 06:06:47 AM

I know most of you probably have, but wow! What grotesque waste! I mean, I know the heat there is unlivable; why build a city in a desert?!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/climate-change-qatar-air-conditioning-outdoors/

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Have y'all seen this? Qatar is air conditioning their open-air markets and stadiums. TyrReborn - 19/10/2019 06:06:47 AM 762 Views
This is nothing new. Qatar has had indoor ski slopes for years. *NM* damookster - 19/10/2019 11:32:07 PM 190 Views
cold air remains low to the ground or something? *NM* Roland00 - 19/10/2019 11:32:28 PM 190 Views
Right, but... surely an enclosed stadium would be more efficient. *NM* TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:49:37 PM 181 Views
Well, the city was built... fionwe1987 - 20/10/2019 09:48:37 PM 434 Views
Excuse Me? *NM* Roland00 - 20/10/2019 11:30:28 PM 254 Views
Yeah, I get that people don't want to move. But... TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:52:03 PM 359 Views
I think the extravagance is the point *NM* aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:53 PM 188 Views
Speculating here, but... fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:45:23 PM 396 Views
Why is it always the Gulf Coast that gets complained about when we rebuild? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 07:50:35 AM 403 Views
huh? aerocontrols - 23/10/2019 12:37:50 PM 381 Views
Re: huh? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:52:29 PM 386 Views
That may simply be because earthquakes are less frequent than hurricanes, especially now *NM* fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:46:47 PM 184 Views
They're less frequent, but we know where they're going to happen. Ghavrel - 24/10/2019 04:42:15 AM 402 Views
No one is sneering... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 02:05:19 PM 411 Views
You did use the word, idiocy. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:09:45 PM 425 Views
Fair. But I don't mean it at an individual level. I think... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 08:46:06 PM 450 Views
Re: huh? aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 06:01:36 PM 390 Views
That means we need to abandon places where millions of people live. Just in the US. Ghavrel - 28/10/2019 02:24:36 AM 433 Views
Please read my 2nd paragraph again aerocontrols - 28/10/2019 04:06:32 PM 351 Views
Aerocontrols do you think Augusta Kansas should not exist? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:35:22 AM 392 Views
I think there's an argument to be made aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 05:50:26 PM 392 Views
But the Halloween flood of 98 was not like that Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:41:28 PM 333 Views
Augusta flooded again last spring. aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 08:24:39 PM 398 Views
A little over sensitive? damookster - 23/10/2019 08:21:39 PM 372 Views
Very. I had enough of people blaming us for Katrina to last a lifetime. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:53:44 PM 192 Views
to my point, however.... damookster - 23/10/2019 10:27:04 PM 398 Views
I don't really know how that's relevant though. I'm not talking about insurance. Ghavrel - 24/10/2019 04:40:58 AM 389 Views
I guess my point damookster - 24/10/2019 02:03:08 PM 466 Views
Mookie why aren't you using the same logic about the California fires? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 07:53:19 PM 408 Views
because to the best of my knowledge, homeowners insurance in California is not unobtainable damookster - 25/10/2019 03:07:57 AM 417 Views
California Insurance for Fire is becoming a Market Failure Roland00 - 25/10/2019 06:35:28 AM 382 Views
As someone who *lives* in California Jeordam - 25/10/2019 04:38:49 PM 418 Views
Sigh you are missing my point I was saying about Scapegoating Roland00 - 25/10/2019 09:45:48 PM 459 Views
I didn't miss what you said.... Jeordam - 25/10/2019 11:35:23 PM 409 Views
Let me see if we are on the same page here. Roland00 - 26/10/2019 01:08:45 AM 408 Views
*nods* I knew what you were saying. Jeordam - 29/10/2019 09:53:30 PM 379 Views
Are you also calling me oversensitive Damookster for I had the same complaint? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:30:59 AM 375 Views
I was teasing Gabe. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:06:17 PM 364 Views
Sorry for misunderstanding Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:43:36 PM 536 Views
You do realize that all of Qatar is desert? Legolas - 21/10/2019 07:53:24 PM 391 Views
What I was really commenting on is, wouldn't it be more efficient to enclose those areas? TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:51:00 PM 413 Views
Probably. For the stadiums, I thought they did do that, not sure about the markets... Legolas - 22/10/2019 05:57:11 PM 350 Views
Most of Antarctica is desert aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:04 PM 375 Views
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