Dubai is at it again.

[WaTaGuMp]

http://www.treehugger.com/file...refrigerated-beach.php

They sure do come up with some COOL things.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

they can use that heat to provide hot water for guests

 

[MrPickins]

Isn't sand a good insulator?

How do they plan to suck enough heat from the surface to keep it cool? I wouldn't think that the cooling pipes could be buried very deeply and still be effective...

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: MrPickins
Isn't sand a good insulator?

How do they plan to suck enough heat from the surface to keep it cool? I wouldn't think that the cooling pipes could be buried very deeply and still be effective...

They're going to use Tracy from Heroes.

 

[Homerboy]

LOL I was JUST going to post this with the EXACT same topic.

 

[Anubis]

i read this yesterdays and decided it was the stupidest fucking thing that i have heard this month

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
LOL I was JUST going to post this with the EXACT same topic.

FIRST.

 

[rivan]

The scheme is likely to infuriate environmentalists.

Ya think? :laugh:

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Anubis
i read this yesterdays and decided it was the stupidest fucking thing that i have heard this month

Is that cause zanejohnson hasnt posted anything?

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: rivan

The scheme is likely to infuriate environmentalists.

Ya think? :laugh:

Al Gore already has a suite booked.

 

[npoe1]

The efficiency of that thing should be lower than the one in a resistance.

 

[Modelworks]

I wonder how many BTU that thing is ?
Just the scale of what would be needed to remove the heat from the coolant under the sand has to be massive.

 

[PokerGuy]

That's kind of cool (pardon the pun). If they want to do it, and people want to pay for it, have at it.

 

[JasonSix78]

Those people have waaaaaay too much money to play around with. I wonder where they get it all from?

 

[TruePaige]

All of Dubai's cold based crap is stupid to me. But hey, I live in a country that isn't the environmental armpit of the world.

 

[rh71]

we really need to stop giving them money if this is what they're doing with it.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

It won't happen. Super extravagant projects in Dubai are dropping like flies.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: rh71
we really need to stop giving them money if this is what they're doing with it.

LOL at giving them money.
you think you give them money for free.
its all oil baby

 

[Babbles]

I would be surprised if this pans out. The sheer cost of running a system like that would be tremendous and with the banking indsutry the way it is, I doubt Dubai has as much liquid capital to fund these hair brained ideas as they may have had in the past few years.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
http://www.treehugger.com/file...refrigerated-beach.php

They sure do come up with some COOL things.

Notice it says "First refrigerated beach"

Planning on many more

 

[SandEagle]

man, i'd love to visit Dubai some day.... its the NY of the ME

 

[bignateyk]

Originally posted by: rh71
we really need to stop giving them money if this is what they're doing with it.

? I'd have to say this is better than funding terrorism like we do when we "give" money to all the other middle eastern countries we buy oil from...

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
It won't happen. Super extravagant projects in Dubai are dropping like flies.

Proof?

 

[StinkyPinky]

What is Dubai trying to prove with all these stupid projects anyway? Just excess for the sake of excess.

The fact that the city is built using modern slavery just makes it worse.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: oiprocs

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
It won't happen. Super extravagant projects in Dubai are dropping like flies.

Proof?

Learn to google yourself. A 4 year old retarded chimp can search for building projects in Dubai that have been scrubbed in the last 6 months, if necessary get one of them to talk you through it.