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5/14 Where would you find the world's biggest man-made islands? The world's tallest building? The world's largest man-made marinas? The world's largest theme park? The world's tallest hotels? The world's largest shopping malls? The world's largest indoor ski resort? The world's first underwater hotel? Dubai, world's fastest growing city at a cost of $100 billion USD: http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubaiprojects http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/37925466 (The World) http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/56426971 (sales office) (each island starts at $25mil/each, all sold out in 8 hours) \_ What a waste of money. If they have so much money, they should build lots of freeways, mega malls, and endless suburbs so that they'd have a much better quality of life. You can't even have pets or raise camels in Dubai City. -dim's #1 follower \_ Their super mega infrastructures cost $100 billion USD. Where the hell did they get that kind of money? \_ Uh, I don't know. Your $4/gallon gas? Regardless, $100B isn't a lot of money these days. US spent a lot more on the Iraq War. \_ And there't not even a single underwater ski resort to show for it. \_ http://www.theworld.ae http://www.theworld.ae/video/The_World_Video4.mov http://www.theworld.ae/video/The_World_Video4.wmv \_ Very impressive. My impression of the Arabs used to be that they're primitive beings who lived in huts and used camels to travel. I guess they're a bit more sophisticated now -ignorant \_ Without reinforcing extreme stereotypes, it's useful to point out that Dubai's a great example of income disparity: the wealthy live in the Crystal Palace, while the poor are lucky to have a camel. Oh, and there are a lot more poor than wealthy. \_ So? One of the free market Republican theories says that wealth from the rich funnel down to the poor and everyone has something more in the end. \_ "My father rode a camel, I drive a car, my son flies a jet plane. His son will ride a camel." \_ And yet real world implementations of the trickle down theory have resulted in more poverty and a lower standard of living for the poor. Also, Reagan-era advisers who first pushed trickle down have admitted that it was a con job. \_ If you're going to say something so blatantly stupid you should at least try to find references -pp \_ STFW, ass. \_ Ad hominem when you can't find references. So typical liberal. -pp \_ What about "voodoo economics"? -!pp \_ Uhm, I don't think that's unique to liberals, but it's most definitely common to motd. \_ Places like Dubai are a result of the temporary oil phenomenon. In a decade or two these places will be ghost towns; without the means to import mind-blowing quantities of food, industrial goods, and cheap labor, only a small population can be sustained. Note that many Middle Eastern countries have very high population growth rates. \_ Dubai gets 6% of the revenue from oil. The rest is tourism and service and finance. The wealthy people not only put money in Swiss banks, but also Dubai banks. \_ Everyone will be hurting once oil production peaks. How many will be able to afford to go there, will there be as much need for financial centers, etc.? The point is that the loss of the primary resource extraction can have grave consequences on secondary and tertiary economic activity. I'm not talking just about Dubai, but the whole region. If they are successful in turning into a Middle Eastern Singapore, then yes, it could work. But what happens if importing food suddenly costs 2x, 4x, 10x as much? \_ Where do you think those people will go? \_ Somewhere else. Not like there is no precedent for this, look at the massive immigration in Europe or the United States. \_ Remember that oil fields have fairly slow declines, and if we're really in a global peak oil situation, rising prices should keep export income strong for quite some time. I do agree that in the absence of oil there's no 'there' there, but perhaps with a slow enough decline in oil revenue they will diversify their economy. \_ Modern oil recovery methods extract oil much more quickly, so the later an oil field was developed, the quicker the decline. Witness the difference in the decline of the very mature oil fields in the United States, which are declining slowly, compared to say Canterell or the North Sea, which are practically collapsing. Also, many oil exporters are trying to pump oil too quicky to take advantage of the current high oil prices, which ultimately hasten the decline and reduce the total amount recoverable due to damage to the geological structures. If we're lucky decline will be 3-4% year to year, but it might be as high as 8%! \- there is a quite good article on peak oil, alternative sources for oil/hydrocarbons, the state of stocks etc in the recent e'ist issue with the Band of Democrats cover. |
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www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dubaiprojects post a comment Jean-Yves 13-May-2006 20:28 Beautiful collection ! I'm from Canada and we were at Dubai on last november 2005. i take a lot of pics ( 1200 from the ground ) of Dubai and around ( desert,beaches,gold souk,buildings architectural; Linda 08-May-2006 03:51 We are visiting Dubai in July and want to know if anyone does sightseeing flights over the Palm, World land development or if anything is set up for the curious tourist. Playboy 05-Apr-2006 11:48 Is this International city near Cyclone the club ? the reason im asking is because i am a international Playboy and Cyclone The Club is fantastic ! thanks for pics Guest 16-Mar-2006 09:53 Absolutely beautiful work and fabulous collection. falcon2xp 12-Mar-2006 16:55 hey braian you should post your pic at emporis your matiral is so good Jan 12-Mar-2006 02:35 fell in love with the world after watching documentary on the building of the world. As a small town woman in Alabama, I may never get to visit but I can dream. mundo e sin just that more modern and so similar to the atlanta aquarium that just open i mean all of it is a copy in my opinion if you want to go there you should check out how it will be destiny usa that is the real thing and ofcurse i am not taking out any credits to dubai i think that they are so smart to change their economy into service and it should be a good exaple of how things should be plan and done Guest 05-Mar-2006 08:04 Brian ur the best... s=&forumid=377 - the place where all Dubai's skyscraper freaks are :D lovedubai 25-Feb-2006 18:04 Brilliant photos - thanks for all your work! dubaiflo 25-Feb-2006 12:32 Amazing photos Brian, great stuff. Samir 25-Feb-2006 11:40 Stunning Brain, keep up the good work matey! Noufal 22-Feb-2006 08:32 These pictures are the result of a creative human being and it is exactly mind blowing Lynn 21-Feb-2006 00:26 Brian what fantastic shots you have taken. I have bought on the trunk Jumeriah, so if you go back and take some updates plse let me know. the foundations for ENGLAND & FRANCE section has already been laid, and persia is 90% complete! so PLEASE PLEASE carry on the good work and update us more often Mojo 03-Feb-2006 17:47 Hey, let's see some underwater photos... Eternal Christian 03-Feb-2006 17:44 I'm a Christian and I don't see why these photos would make me "kill" myself. Whoever wrote that comment is ignorant to Christianity... David Bellemare 02-Feb-2006 00:17 This is really great work that your doing. These's are the best Dubai Mega Project Photo's I've seen anywhere. If you get a chance to take a new Aerial of the Burj Dubai Project, that would be interesting with the massive Mall and Tower under construction. Ali Jobran 28-Jan-2006 08:56 Very Nice & Professional Work. Keep on Going Endless Jihad 22-Jan-2006 22:18 These should give some lucky Christian fanatics a reason to kill themselves... Goddien 17-Jan-2006 05:45 The pictures are really cool... I would be very grateful also if you could post recent images of the dubailand projects like the city of arabia, al barari and dubai golf city among the others. george 12-Jan-2006 19:18 Amazing - planning on going this summer! SO HOPEFULLY SOON ILL BE GOING TO DUBAI AND WATCH THESE MEGA PROJECTS WITH MY OWN EYES. WINK) Mahmood Al Hooti 20-Dec-2005 06:09 These beautiful pictures of Dubai's Mega Projects are taking my memories back to 50 years before where Deira was nothing except a fishermen village. As an Omani from Muscat, Dubai is my second house and oftenly I am visiting Dubai to admire the developments there. Though I am old now, but still my heart is with Dubai and its enchanting views. AJ 15-Dec-2005 00:04 It says: Take wisdom from the wise It takes a man of vision to write on water Not everyone who rides a horse is a jockey Great men rise to greater challenges - from Wikipedia nice 13-Dec-2005 19:52 What is written around the palm trees in The Palm Jebel Ali project? its the "Beverly Hills" of the Emirates Haidar 01-Dec-2005 23:57 I bought an apartment in the Palm Jumeirah as an investment , but now i'm thinking of keeping it to my self because of its buity.. I think you should be postng some new pictures of the Palm Jumeirah of the Shoreline Apartments .. Paul 22-Nov-2005 17:30 Been going to Dubai since 1999, 6 months ago i bought a garden home villa on Frond D on the Palm Jumeriah, im looking at investing on the Palm Jebel Ali maybe 3 / 4 villas & ive also been offered a tower, any suggestions what about the desert ? Bu_Bastak 07-Nov-2005 23:40 Love the pictures, keep posting more, I go to Dubai every summer and see so many changes. God i love it there :D Andy 22-Oct-2005 06:30 Hi there everyone. I am Andy, currently in Dubai working within the real estate industry. If you like I can visit the places in concern amongst all you guys and provide you with feedback. Besides we have our own projects in the International City, so France, Forbidden city and Persia are not too far. kully sanghera 13-Oct-2005 19:18 at last real photos of international city, but what section are the white buildings in? Before i die i want to go there with my family and see what has been built and all the nice buildings that have been built. Right now me and my partner are doing a study on these islands and we can't wait to see them when they are done. Tommy & Abi 30-Sep-2005 16:10 Cant wait to get back and see how much it has changed in the last year! maryjo 21-Sep-2005 18:23 Great to see photo's of International City at last. Thanks, L Lucan 11-Sep-2005 09:16 "Where the Vision of Dubai Get's Built" I wonder who came up with that slogan? Certainly no one with a good command of the English language. Es un trabajo excepcional y magico, como un sueno para muchos, es hermoso, es verdaderamente una gran obra de arte. Rakesh 31-Aug-2005 14:38 I m inspired and moreover people of Dubai must have also enjoyed it, the overall view of Dubai. I hope we will see more,when all these projocts are finished. Anthony 14-Jul-2005 10:54 You have some amazing pictures! Carol Kosier 22-Jun-2005 19:22 Very interesting pictures. Have financial interest on one of the Palms and your site is the most informative that I've found - Gonna be a fab place to be in the world Kishore Girdharlal 27-May-2005 12:32 Thanks to your great free pictures about Dubai. com , you will find the United Arab Emirates subforum if you scroll down a bit :) hope to see u soon with lots of up to date photos if possible ! |
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