Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Peak Oil My AssAs I’ve stated many times, peak oil, as defined by its proponents is bunk. We haven’t even begun to find all the oil on this planet. This is yet another example of what I’m talking about.
A U.S.-based company that has controversially laid claim to nearly all of the Arctic Ocean’s undersea oil said Thursday that new geological data suggests a “potentially vast” petroleum resource of 400 billion barrels.
That figure is backed by a respected Canadian researcher who recently signed on as the firm’s chief scientific adviser.
This report came out last week, so that’s not an April Fools joke. We’re a long way from being out of oil. The only problem is extraction and rights. Many environmentalists want to block any oil drilling anywhere. But as long as there’s a demand, they’ll be overruled.
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Seoul in the Future
I’ve always been a fan of futuristic architecture. These are some of the most radical designs I’ve seen. Bravo!
The Seoul Commune 2026 project by Mass Studies is just sheer genius. Covering 393,400 square meters of land and bound by the Han River on the northern side, 15 towers of varying height -from 16 to 53 floors-function like one giant house in this park-like setting.
The towers’ functions are separated into public, private, and commercial, offering purely-private rooms called “cells”, communal spaces for public activity and welfare/medical facilities. The base of the 15 towers, where the park merges with the towers, creates the widest spaces of the site. Above, the first floor is 75 meters wide and extends up to the height of the first five stories. The ground floor space is reserved for pedestrians. Three walkways converge there and circulate around each tower’s elevator core.
More pictures after the jump.
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