Originally Posted By: Kate
The logic behind teh "invention" of skyscrapers was to build "up" because of a shortage of land (ie. Manhattan). The Arab nations, who have anything but land shortages, seem to want to just build them because they can. I wonder if we'll now hear about joining the half-mile high club?


Originally Posted By: Mike Kremer

Those towers will bring them a lot of adverse publicity.
If only they had bought a 100 desalination plants, they could have had the admiration of the world, all flocking to view the new "Green Eden".

Mike Kremer