How much would it cost to put a dome with a retractable roof...

[Clever_Iggy]

Originally Posted by OBCT

That's a great idea!!!!!

I would propose a high-speed retractable roof that is composed of 4 distinct segments that can independently open\close in just under 6 minutes. Very plausible, I think....

The city itself covers almost 800 square kilometres, so segments of roughly 200 square kilometres each, spanning the NW, NE, SE and SW, should do the trick.

Off the top of my head here, I'm thinking the city should budget just northward of 800 billion per segment -- bringing the entire job to somewhere around $3.5 trillion. That's certainly palatable, if not affordable. And it should only take 60-70 years to complete.

So yeah, all around, very awesome.

It would certainly solve the problem of urban sprawl... no one would want to be outside of the dome.

[jammies]

Or, we could just empower a new city "Department of Domes", and anyone who complains about the weather, WHOOSH, a permanent individual-sized dome gets slapped over top of 'em and bolted down, so that they slowly (but warmly!) suffocate.

That'll fix the problem, and weed out the riff-raff from BC as well. Win-win!

[LeftWing]

I just want to be the guy who gets to push the button!

[Incinerator]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

It would certainly solve the problem of urban sprawl... no one would want to be outside of the dome.

and people who want cheap housing finally gets their wish. "Inner City" is now defined as being inside the dome

[tvp2003]

Yeah, call the EPA guy from the Simpsons movie.

Or Ken King... he could probably do it.

[Traditional_Ale]

Gah!

Domes are ugly.

I liked the idea in that platform for adding steriods to the water! If everyone was just really really tough, then who cares how cold it is? Lets go bench press some VWs!!!

[Ice]

Just come to California for a week. Its 78 and sunny. Unfortunately its melting the snow on the mountains that has looked so pretty the past couple of weeks.

[MoneyGuy]

Pfft to this idea. Then you'd really see house prices in Airdrie drop.

[JohnnyB]

Dude, at least the houses have insulation in Calgary. It's just as cold inside as it is outside here.

[Locke]

I'd love to meet the politician who pulls the trigger on that deal.

[CrusaderPi]

What about just putting a block heater on all the street lights?

[flip]

Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse

Didn't the Rhinocerous Party have this as part of their campaign platform?

They'd get my vote today.

actually they have a 4 year plan to change us to British style drive on the left side roads. Year one is big trucks!!