Re: Heating a City

James Nicoll opined

>In article <slrnfvm0d8.5me.tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Tim Little  <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On 2008-04-08, Charles Talleyrand <kitplane01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> I don't think one can build a dome over even a medium city with
>>> current technology.
>>
>>That depends upon what you mean by "dome".  A structure sup****ted only
>>at its perimeter, almost certainly not.  An enclosing roof with plenty
>>of internal sup****ts definitely could be done.  It would be
>>ridiculously expensive and take ages to build.
>>
>	What are the limits on domes held up by air?

Buckminster Fuller advocated, and designed a city sized dome.


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