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Commenting so I can check back in 30 years. When I look at the big cities mentioned in the article on Google Maps, about 50% of what I see are roofs. I wouldn
by no_gravity 7y ago
Commenting so I can check back in 30 years.
When I look at the big cities mentioned in the article on Google Maps, about 50% of what I see are roofs.
I wouldn't be surprised if we also put roofs on the gaps over the next 30 years. So whole cities become indoor areas.
Living in an outdoor city might become as unusual as it is to live outdoors today.
Additional guess: Most of the roofs will be made of solar panels.
- vidanay 7y agoRemindMe! 30 years Wait, wrong web site.
- bobthepanda 7y agoGood luck maintaining all that roof and climate controlling what’s under it.
- no_gravity 7y agoIt already works for the other 50%.
- bobthepanda 7y agoThe other 50% is divvied up into rooms with much smaller volume and exposed surface area. Unless we're going to recreate and replicate the dystopian Kowloon Walled City this seems pretty wasteful and will only exacerbate warming with all the increased energy requirements.
- Kaiyou 7y agoPeople need sunlight, though. Going extended periods of time without sunlight will lead to feeling tired all the time, from where it's easy to fall into depression. Would be really bad if that's the direction cities are going..
- no_gravity 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sunlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sunlight
- Kaiyou 7y agoThere are technical solutions, but I don't expect them to be applied, since they ain't applied now in conditions where they should.