<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Masdar]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Corey McKrill http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:36:14 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/1 what a curious omission...

The NYT article doesn't even mention the "clean coal" hydrogen plant that is also part of the Masdar plan, as detailed in this BBC story from a couple weeks ago.

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The NYT article doesn't even mention the "clean coal" hydrogen plant that is also part of the Masdar plan, as detailed in this BBC story from a couple weeks ago.

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]]> Comment #2 by Laurence Aurbach http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:57:06 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/2 re: Masdar

The principles all sound very good, but principles are the easy part. The project will succeed or fail on the strength of its details and implementation. Frankly, the renderings look like something Gene Roddenberry would dream up. Starfleet Academy indeed...

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The principles all sound very good, but principles are the easy part. The project will succeed or fail on the strength of its details and implementation. Frankly, the renderings look like something Gene Roddenberry would dream up. Starfleet Academy indeed...

Ped Shed Blog

]]> Comment #3 by spaceshaper http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:59:11 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/3 Not coal, Corey

Though the BBC story does indeed refer to making hydrogen from fossil fuel with carbon sequestration it also states that the fuel in question is natural gas, not coal.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

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Though the BBC story does indeed refer to making hydrogen from fossil fuel with carbon sequestration it also states that the fuel in question is natural gas, not coal.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

]]> Comment #4 by JohnMashey http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/ Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:05:19 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/masdar/4 Wild designs

Do recall this is by Foster+Partners, and Sir Norman and friends have already done interesting buildings, like London's "Gherkin", or Bio-X at Stanford, so there is at least some hope.

-John Mashey

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Do recall this is by Foster+Partners, and Sir Norman and friends have already done interesting buildings, like London's "Gherkin", or Bio-X at Stanford, so there is at least some hope.

-John Mashey

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