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You do realize that all of Qatar is desert? Legolas Send a noteboard - 21/10/2019 07:53:24 PM

View original postI 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?!

The better question would be, how come a small desert peninsula like that with a couple of fishing port towns can become an independent country that punches so far above its weight in global affairs. To which the obvious answer is: oil and gas, and previously pearl fishing.

But anyway, yeah, the sports infrastructure and the way they've been gaining the right to host major global sporting events is pretty crazy. And pretty disgusting, when you also read about the way they're treating the immigrant workers building those stadiums...

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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 860 Views
This is nothing new. Qatar has had indoor ski slopes for years. *NM* damookster - 19/10/2019 11:32:07 PM 253 Views
cold air remains low to the ground or something? *NM* Roland00 - 19/10/2019 11:32:28 PM 250 Views
Right, but... surely an enclosed stadium would be more efficient. *NM* TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:49:37 PM 244 Views
Well, the city was built... fionwe1987 - 20/10/2019 09:48:37 PM 551 Views
Excuse Me? *NM* Roland00 - 20/10/2019 11:30:28 PM 319 Views
Yeah, I get that people don't want to move. But... TyrReborn - 21/10/2019 10:52:03 PM 462 Views
I think the extravagance is the point *NM* aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:53 PM 243 Views
Speculating here, but... fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:45:23 PM 521 Views
Why is it always the Gulf Coast that gets complained about when we rebuild? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 07:50:35 AM 514 Views
huh? aerocontrols - 23/10/2019 12:37:50 PM 491 Views
Re: huh? Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:52:29 PM 500 Views
That may simply be because earthquakes are less frequent than hurricanes, especially now *NM* fionwe1987 - 23/10/2019 09:46:47 PM 245 Views
They're less frequent, but we know where they're going to happen. Ghavrel - 24/10/2019 04:42:15 AM 517 Views
No one is sneering... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 02:05:19 PM 519 Views
You did use the word, idiocy. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:09:45 PM 526 Views
Fair. But I don't mean it at an individual level. I think... fionwe1987 - 24/10/2019 08:46:06 PM 576 Views
Re: huh? aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 06:01:36 PM 493 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 547 Views
Please read my 2nd paragraph again aerocontrols - 28/10/2019 04:06:32 PM 456 Views
Aerocontrols do you think Augusta Kansas should not exist? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:35:22 AM 504 Views
I think there's an argument to be made aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 05:50:26 PM 506 Views
But the Halloween flood of 98 was not like that Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:41:28 PM 436 Views
Augusta flooded again last spring. aerocontrols - 24/10/2019 08:24:39 PM 518 Views
A little over sensitive? damookster - 23/10/2019 08:21:39 PM 481 Views
Very. I had enough of people blaming us for Katrina to last a lifetime. *NM* Ghavrel - 23/10/2019 08:53:44 PM 249 Views
to my point, however.... damookster - 23/10/2019 10:27:04 PM 516 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 495 Views
I guess my point damookster - 24/10/2019 02:03:08 PM 582 Views
Mookie why aren't you using the same logic about the California fires? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 07:53:19 PM 515 Views
because to the best of my knowledge, homeowners insurance in California is not unobtainable damookster - 25/10/2019 03:07:57 AM 528 Views
California Insurance for Fire is becoming a Market Failure Roland00 - 25/10/2019 06:35:28 AM 492 Views
As someone who *lives* in California Jeordam - 25/10/2019 04:38:49 PM 531 Views
Sigh you are missing my point I was saying about Scapegoating Roland00 - 25/10/2019 09:45:48 PM 566 Views
I didn't miss what you said.... Jeordam - 25/10/2019 11:35:23 PM 548 Views
Let me see if we are on the same page here. Roland00 - 26/10/2019 01:08:45 AM 514 Views
*nods* I knew what you were saying. Jeordam - 29/10/2019 09:53:30 PM 489 Views
Are you also calling me oversensitive Damookster for I had the same complaint? Roland00 - 24/10/2019 05:30:59 AM 483 Views
I was teasing Gabe. damookster - 24/10/2019 02:06:17 PM 472 Views
Sorry for misunderstanding Roland00 - 24/10/2019 06:43:36 PM 655 Views
You do realize that all of Qatar is desert? Legolas - 21/10/2019 07:53:24 PM 517 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 533 Views
Probably. For the stadiums, I thought they did do that, not sure about the markets... Legolas - 22/10/2019 05:57:11 PM 460 Views
Most of Antarctica is desert aerocontrols - 21/10/2019 11:51:04 PM 483 Views
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