By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve never seen

Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by no_gravity on Sunday July 14, 2019 @01:14PM (#20434514)

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.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by Kaiyou on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:47AM (#20439302)

People 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..

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by no_gravity on Monday July 15, 2019 @02:18PM (#20443580)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_sunlight

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by Kaiyou on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:02PM (#20444014)

There are technical solutions, but I don't expect them to be applied, since they ain't applied now in conditions where they should.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by bobthepanda on Sunday July 14, 2019 @02:17PM (#20434896)

Good luck maintaining all that roof and climate controlling what’s under it.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by no_gravity on Monday July 15, 2019 @03:03AM (#20438713)

It already works for the other 50%.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by bobthepanda on Monday July 15, 2019 @01:39PM (#20443222)

The 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.

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Re:By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve... by vidanay on Sunday July 14, 2019 @01:36PM (#20434649)

RemindMe! 30 years

Wait, wrong web site.

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