DubaiHolic

I’m looking for a magazine out there focusing on concept architecture & cars. Think buildings/resorts in Dubai. Rotating towers and man-made islands shaped like palm trees. I would love to read up on these things all in one place. Is there such a thing out there?

Ever wonder who gets our money every time we fill up our gas tanks? Saudi Arabia, for the record. Dubai has so much money from foreign gas profits that they are now building ski resorts in the middle of their 140 degree deserts…indoor ski resorts that is…with synthetic snow. Oh wait…and The Palm Islands. I mean that’s great that they can afford that…but…we’re paying for it.

Right now…America imports 65% of the nation’s needed petroleum…which costs more than $55.1 billion a year. They could exceed 80% import costs by 2010.

I think we should be drilling for oil in America, particularly in Alaska. Beneath the North Slope of Alaska there is estimated to be btwn 3-9 billion barrels of recoverable oil. This area of interest (1.5 million acres) is part of the 19 million acre American National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Environmentalists argue that by drilling in this portion of ANWR…oh shit…we might kill a Caribou. However, the Central Arctic Herd, which calves in the Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk oil fields, has increased from 3,000 caribous to more than 23,400 caribous over four decades of development, which shows that development and caribou CAN coexist…

More than 75% of native Alaskans support production along the Coastal Plain for ANWR.

What are your opinions on the topic?

P.S. If you want to blame Bush for gas prices, keep in mind that he is pressing for drilling in America, which would save us the cost of foreign oil, and also keep in mind that Obama is in support of a new gasoline taxes, which will only make gas more expensive in the long run.

EDIT: Moose, I also agree that alternative energy opportunities should be explored. So does McCain, for that matter.

Wierd topic hey haha. But anyways I was just looking those islands being made in Dubai; The Palm Jumeriah, Palm Jebel Ali and The World (inlcudind The Burj Arab which is already there) they are making these things (and made) In the water 5ms above sea level, Is the weather there really that trustworthy you can sacrifice it for luxury?? Because I think its dangerous

I don’t think weather is trustworthy anywhere..

I’m writing an essay today and trying to get different opinions.

Do you think it could be the most high-tech city in the world within a couple years (if it isn’t already)? It has man made islands in the shape of palm trees and the world. A building twice the size of the empire state building. It’s revolutionizing the Middle East.

What do you think?

Please be honest and detailed. thanks.

I returned recently from a vacation in Dubai and was shocked at how wealthy, cosmopolitan, and modern it was (as well as how fast it is growing). At least 60 percent of the city appears to be under construction, with most projects running well over $20 Billion and as for the 1.6 million people (only a fraction of the total population of LA) that live there, they all seem to have immense wealth. Every car is either a Ferarri, Porsche (I have never seen so many Porsche Chayennes in one place), BMW, Audi, Mercedes, or Bentley. There is not a single sign of a middle or a lower class exisiting in the area. The amount of money there (most of which doesn’t actually come from oil!) seems to be more than all of the money of Beverly Hills, Malibu, Hollywood, Rancho Santa Fe, La Jolla, Bel Aire, Santa Monica, or Newport Beach combined. There is so much money there that they are even constructing artificial islands (each costing $30 Million) in the shape of palm trees and one of the entire world!