Uk full steam ahead for Nuclear power

[doodab]

There is no actual need for it, and little appetite for it I'd suggest, beyond the drawing board stage.
Man has already proved he can build high buildings, little kudos to be gained for what would be a phenomenal outlay.
It will get talked about, but there will be little real will to actually fund it. Good thing too, collossal waste of time, money, and resources.

Never underestimate the vanity of the rich and powerful.

[d000hg]

There is no actual need for it, and little appetite for it I'd suggest, beyond the drawing board stage.
Man has already proved he can build high buildings, little kudos to be gained for what would be a phenomenal outlay.

Again, what's changed since the Burj Kalifah to support this? That cost $billions and we already proved we could do big buildings previously.

I see no reason to believe man will suddenly decide "you know what, that's big enough" until fundamental engineering limits are reached. Those Arabs need something to spend their $billions on.

[shaunbhoy]

Again, what's changed since the Burj Kalifah to support this?

The Global Credit Crunch?
I know the Arabs have plenty of money to burn, but if they are going to keep throwing good after bad trying to polish turds like Man City, then it will soon run out. Then they can get back to their camels and duststorms where they belong.

[PRC1964]

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[d000hg]

*cough*

Yes, welcome to what we were already discussing.

[shaunbhoy]

In May 2008, soil testing in the area cast doubt over whether the proposed location could support a skyscraper of significant height, MEED reported that the project has been scaled back, making it "up to 500 meters shorter".[7]

Reports in 2009 suggested[8] that the project had been put on hold due to the global economic crisis and that Bechtel was "in the process of ending its involvement with the project".[

Wikipediapoo!!!

[d000hg]

Wikipediapoo!!!

In April 2011 several news agencies report that the plan has been approved and that the building will cost almost 30 billion US dollars.

You probably missed that part, it was about 50 pixels down the page

[shaunbhoy]

You probably missed that part, it was about 50 pixels down the page

"several news agencies"...................mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[d000hg]

It's more reliable than a west-country IT bumpkin.

[shaunbhoy]

It's more reliable than a west-country IT bumpkin.

Or a god-bothering plastic-geordie knucklehead.