Mar 16, 2010

Could Sustainable Waterscraper be key to 2012 survival

This months PopSci brings a beautiful concept for Sustainable Waterscraper

Sarly Adre Bin Sarkum's Water-Scraper Sarly Adre Bin Sarkum, via eVolo
...the most impressive eVolo Magazine entry in this year's competition goes the opposite route, by dropping the building straight into the sea.The whole building would be a self-sufficient, floating, arcology. Wind, solar, and wave power would provide energy, hydroponics and the green space at the top would provide food and oxygen, and the structure would provide housing, work spaces, and areas for recreation. Read full from PopSci

[eVolo Magazine, via Geekologie]


My wonder is if it could survive a 2012 'pole shift'? ...NASA: On the sun, the solar maximum of Solar Cycle 24 in the 11-year sunspot cycle is forecast to occur. Solar Cycle 24 is regarded to have commenced January 2008, and on average will reach its peak of maximal sunspot activity around 2012. The period between successive solar maxima averages 11 years (the Schwabe cycle), and the previous solar maximum of Solar Cycle 23 occurred in 2000–2002.[10] During the solar maximum the sun's magnetic poles will reverse.[11]