khris
Senior Member
1.5 mile high building
Forget the 3,280 feet-high 200-floor Nakheel Tower because it's no longer going to be the highest skyscraper in the world. The new upcoming beast is this amazing 1.55-mile-high skyscraper planned for the Jumeirah City project in Dubai. The building is so tall that its main elevator is in fact a vertical 125mph bullet train. This city-in-a-skyscraper will consume 37,000MWH/year, with a 15MW peak usage, but as the plans show, it has been designed to generate most of it using wind, thermal, and solar power:
If completed, the Dubai City Tower, would definitely be absolutely breathtaking. I wonder how many slaves would have to die to complete this one.
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![dubai-city-tower-pic.jpg](http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/dubai-city-tower-pic.jpg)
Forget the 3,280 feet-high 200-floor Nakheel Tower because it's no longer going to be the highest skyscraper in the world. The new upcoming beast is this amazing 1.55-mile-high skyscraper planned for the Jumeirah City project in Dubai. The building is so tall that its main elevator is in fact a vertical 125mph bullet train. This city-in-a-skyscraper will consume 37,000MWH/year, with a 15MW peak usage, but as the plans show, it has been designed to generate most of it using wind, thermal, and solar power:
![dubai-city-tower-show.jpg](http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/dubai-city-tower-show.jpg)
![4567t6ukyiulkj_l.jpg](http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/4567t6ukyiulkj_l.jpg)
If completed, the Dubai City Tower, would definitely be absolutely breathtaking. I wonder how many slaves would have to die to complete this one.
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