The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world, is about to be completed. To celebrate it, David Hobcote has taken a series of amazing high resolution pictures from the air which give an exact impression of the breathtaking, massive scale of this building.
Construction is expected to be completed in August, 2009. See more pictures at Gizmodo. Link -Thanks, kid_icarus!
but so cool
but so very frightening
It then does a neat comparison of this tower to the other top ones.
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give it time.
Which is no recipe for a pleasing vista.
Cost to produce one barrel of oil : $1.00
Fuck them, and, how could you post this as "neat".
Far from neat, it's a global reminder as to who has ours balls in their squeezing palms.
Tim,it's called supply and demand.
Then don't waste gas like it was endless!! You don't HAVE to buy their oil, you could go invent new ways of producing energy... Big-Oil is who you should be thanking for high energy prices.
Capitalism, not fair when it isn't working to your advantage?
If it were up to me the majority of truck driving, big car owning idiots would be made to do the same. So kiss my ass you American hating asswipe.
and i have to say orjan, there is only so much we can do when almost everything our corporations and government buy is made of petroleum: roads, plastics, make-ups, packaging, automobiles, AND in the form of gas. the distribution/service industry accommodates for the majority of our oil consumption, not every-day consumers. we can only do so much to reduce our addiction to foreign oil, and we can thank what grasp of a "free-market" we actually have for that. it is very much the responsibility of our corporations to change their ways.
this tower is an abomination, and a complete waste of money. i really think man-kind lost its interest in global penis contest a long time ago, but some politicians are still going strong. they can thank the big pharm companies for supplying them with viagra, because now they can go on into their 90s. hooray for huge sky-scrapers.
So why don't you say that the Canadians are taking our money and spending it on delicious waffles.
Just because they have a flourishing economy doesn't mean you have to bash it.
All I can tell is that a very good friend of mine went to work there and he's doing way much better than ok. The new land of opportunities?
We are organizing \"Swim around the Burj\" event on the 14th of November.
I am volunteering for the same and attempting to raise some funds for MSF.
It would be a great help if you could help us raise funds, by publishing the following at your esteemed blog.
I even have a widget, I could give you the format at the end of this post.
\"WE would like to announce the Return of our beloved “Swim Around the Burj”!!
Lets Step Up and Suit Up….
The much anticipated “Swim Around the Burj” is back on for November 14, 2008.
Challenge yourself to champion the waters around the iconic Burj Al Arab in support of MSF.
Start Training Now!!!
Have your chance to speed, splash, tread and tame the crystal waters of the Burj.
Can you compete the 80 meter distance around the Burj? Will you be the record breaker?
Sponsor us at http://www.justgiving.com/ruchidana
Register NOW at www.msfuae.com
We look forward to seeing you on November 14th for a morning of fun in the Sun.\"
As for the cost of gas, anyone who thinks it's totally in the hands of the oil companies has GOT to learn some facts! Oil companies have to pay for the crude petroleum before they can refine it (another cost). When the Arab oil barons start running up oil to the price of $140 per barrel (for a 55 gallon drum), a simple hand calculator will tell you that it's an expensive proposition. If oil companies don't have the cash, they've got to borrow it in order to buy the crude. This raises the price per gallon still higher. And let us remember that oil companies, just like your local grocery store, are entitled to a return on their monetary investments.
So let's stop griping about the cost of a gallon of gasoline, and once again offer congratulations to the city of Dubai for their remarkable accomplishment in erecting the Burj Dubai.
a building 30% taller than the Burg Dubai also based in Dubai called Al Burj. Even more scary. BTW, did someone say "waffles"?
In a previous message, I wrote the following:
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Sorry about the typo. The word "drowing" should have been "crowing". That's what happens when I try to type faster than I should.
Ten lashes with a wet noodle for that error! If you wish to simply make the correction for me, without inserting this message, that's fine with me.
Oh, and I stand by what I said about the Burj Dubai. Wonderful accomplishment!
In a previous message, I wrote the following:
"I’m sure that if this were being built in the USA, Tim would probably be drowing about it!"
Sorry about the typo. The word “drowing” should have been “crowing”. That’s what happens when I try to type faster than I should.
Ten lashes with a wet noodle for that error! If you wish to simply make the correction for me, without inserting this message, that’s fine with me.
Oh, and I stand by what I said about the Burj Dubai. Wonderful accomplishment!