Kelvin
Apr 11, 2007, 3:28 AM
http://ezinearticles.com/?Fast-Hole-Drilling-for-High-Rises-which-Go-Straight-Down&id=254902
Obvious typos and grammar aside, this article is mildly entertaining. Would it really be less expensive to drill into the earth, reinforce the sides (as in tunneling), and build downward as he suggests? Conventional tunnels (the horizontal variety) are hardly cheap and consume vastly more energy, materials, and engineering talent than comparable sized vertical towers. Can he really support these claims?
Then there is the mention of "...laser molecular realignment technologies" to accomplish these feats?! :koko: What episode of Star Trek was that one lifted from?
Still - with all these issues aside, is the concept of burrowing a real solution (to the numerous problems noted in the essay - including loss of atmosphere (huh?), climate change, etc. ) or are there better alternatives to the supposed impending Doomsday?
One final conundrum: How does "building a city underground...allow for more solar radiation"??
Obvious typos and grammar aside, this article is mildly entertaining. Would it really be less expensive to drill into the earth, reinforce the sides (as in tunneling), and build downward as he suggests? Conventional tunnels (the horizontal variety) are hardly cheap and consume vastly more energy, materials, and engineering talent than comparable sized vertical towers. Can he really support these claims?
Then there is the mention of "...laser molecular realignment technologies" to accomplish these feats?! :koko: What episode of Star Trek was that one lifted from?
Still - with all these issues aside, is the concept of burrowing a real solution (to the numerous problems noted in the essay - including loss of atmosphere (huh?), climate change, etc. ) or are there better alternatives to the supposed impending Doomsday?
One final conundrum: How does "building a city underground...allow for more solar radiation"??