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Old 05-24-2012, 05:32 PM   #1
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Default 5,000 ft. towers of trash

Didn't they use this same concept in Wall-E?

How long before we're floating in space like human manatees?

http://weburbanist.com/2012/05/21/to...o-fuel-cities/
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Old 05-25-2012, 09:33 AM   #2
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I think the feng shui of it is all wrong
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Old 05-26-2012, 04:27 PM   #3
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Or we could have cities where specialized communities make a living sorting through it all, like the Zabbaleen of Egypt:

http://inhabitat.com/incredible-garb...side-of-cairo/

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