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If this objective is met, then (and only then) we'll release this money to fund the dome's construction
Residents of Chicago know that there is only one bad thing about their city: the weather. Few make it through the winter without considering moving, and many of us have lost good friends who were unable to withstand the relentless cold.
The answer is simple: we must build a dome around Chicago. It may sound absurd at first, but consider the following proposal before coming to conclusions.
To shield us from the cold and snow. The eradication of winter would allow our city to blossom to its full potential. The ability to use bikes as transportation year round would allow people to sell their cars and reduce traffic. We’d be able to get more done in the winter, no longer trapped indoors. The possibilities are endless.
Which is why the dome would be collapsable. In the spring, summer, and fall, the dome will collapse and Chicag Read More
Hello friends,
The campaign to build a dome over the city of Chicago seems to have stalled at about $235,000.
Imagine – we’d only need a small portion of the $700 billion bail out to fund the dome. Please bring this to the attention of your elected officials.
I hope you’ll all remember this campaign as you suffer through the brutal winter months, and see if you can’t get some friends to contribute a few dollars.
Yours in Dome,
Andrew
I shall donate $1,000! Yes you read that correct!!! One thousand dollars!!!!!!
Here is the catch though. I want one of those airplane holes named after me. The Wilson Hole or something. Any chance we can get put the dome in place when the Mayor is out of town and then not give him key? That crooked POS will use substandard Plexiglas in the construction for a few million in kickbacks.
What did you say?!?!?!?! Kids will die when chunks of the inferior dome start breaking off and falling to earth and slicing children’s heads off? He doesn’t care.
OK Steve, you can have a hole. I’ll see to it.
At $1,000, by the way, that’s a bargain. This thing is going to cost $10 billion. But it’s important to reward the early supporters.
If you can recruit 10 more donations of $50 each, I’ll give you a second hole – what do you think about that!
It’s worth at least $50
Chris H—
Lighten up! Do you really think they are serious about creating a dome over Chicago? Did you not read the article? Sure, it says that it’s real, but let’s use some common sense here. Airplane shaped holes to allow access by flight? Do you really think that’s possible, Chris?
Also, you don’t put any money down until the TIPPING POINT is reached—the whole purpose of this website. So no, nobody’s going to be doing any suing any time soon.
So, Chris H, relax. Get a sense of humor. Or, better yet, you should probably just not comment any more on any articles.
Ok, you have no details what so ever here. Your proposal lacks even the barest of forethought and planning. Are you seriously collecting money? I sure hope you have a plan to refund everyone, so you don’t get sued and charged with fraud. How is the temperature to be regulated and air exchanged? You think “sick building syndrome” is bad? Wait until it’s a whole city. What happens to the run off rain/snow? What happens to the smog gases from a million cars? You’d basically have to have a HVAC system for the whole covered area. The ongoing cost of running that would be in the billions, initial construction costs aside, which btw given that a stadium costs 1/2 a billion these days, you’ve estimated far far too low. Now lets balance all these costs against avoiding what? 3-4 weeks of really brutal winter? In an era of impending global warming? Is this even a problem we need to solve? I think I could go on finding problems with this idea all day. Of course I put about 10 seconds thought into it which is more than you obviously did. I think you should buy a hat and gloves, then move to Florida like all the other people waiting to die.
You might also follow suit, taking cues from the Merchandise Mart in their rainwater treatment, only adding a new twist; given the tremendous size of the structure and consequent precipitation accumulation, add hydroelectric generators in special conduits through which intentionally-designed precipitation-accumulators will be installed. Seriously, though, what about people who want to add stipulations to their membership? What if those contingencies conflict with other supporters’ conditions?
Thanks again for putting the site together — it’s a great start to solving this and other challenges ;-)
CPF&A
JLB
Be sure to checkout Chicago Public Radio’s piece on the Dome (and on The Point).
I’m not sure how to link directly to it… it’s the 1/29/08 edition of Eight-Forty-Eight.
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