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Old 09-05-2018, 08:04 PM   #2757 (permalink)
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Thanks for asking.

Domes don't work that way. Box shaped rooms have stratified air, domes encourage a natural air circulation that means there's no temperature difference between the apex and the floor. This is a 5 minutes excerpt of a 40 minute video on putting a dome over downtown Houston. Go to the two minute mark.



I recommend the whole thing. It shows the Eden Project (the closest thing there is so far) and how it maintains differing climates in Cornwall, UK.
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How do you taper off from 93 million barrels/ day of oil?
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If we would have started in 1972 we could have had time to gracefully taper off and electrify the transition.
At this point cold turkey*. You're right that if consumerism hadn't eaten our future, we'd be in a better position.

*(I'd start with [spectator] sports, pets and Hollywood)

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Add these to the list:

https://www.metabolic.nl/wp-content/...msReport-1.pdf
New Strategies For Smart Integrated Decentralised Energy Systems

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2018/09/...argest-sector/
US triples energy storage installations, residential grows 10X to become largest sector

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=9YZ4laCiomU
Intro to Clearvue Technology October 2017
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