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JEMC said:
Audi makes good cars, but they aren't lightweight.

If they really go for an autonomy of 450 Km, then it will be a new model or a very modified A2 or A3.


I'd like to know the pricing, if it compares to tesla cars or not.



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Gilgamesh said:
JEMC said:
Audi makes good cars, but they aren't lightweight.

If they really go for an autonomy of 450 Km, then it will be a new model or a very modified A2 or A3.


I'd like to know the pricing, if it compares to tesla cars or not.

Well, Audi doesn't make cheap cars, and with all the extra cost of going with an electric car... you'll probably need deep pockets.



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GMO's and Stem Cell manipulation should be iilegal. But America.....



WhiteEaglePL said:
GMO's and Stem Cell manipulation should be iilegal. But America.....

Why?



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The world's first underground park, New York City (2018)

116-year-old abandoned trolley terminal.

The world's first underground park in the New York City borough of Manhattan that would be located under the eastbound roadway of Delancey Street on the Lower East Side, adjacent to the Essex Street station (J M Z trains).
The area, with ceilings 20 feet (6.1 m) high, extends three blocks east from Essex Street to Clinton Street and was used until 1948 as a station and balloon loop for streetcars crossing the Williamsburg Bridge to and from Brooklyn.
Natural light would be directed below ground using fiber optics—described in the proposed plan as "remote skylights" to provide an area in which trees and grass could be grown beneath the city streets..
In this approach, sunlight passes through a glass shield above the parabolic collector, and is reflected and gathered at one focal point, and directed underground. Sunlight is transmitted onto a reflective surface on the distributor dish underground, transmitting that sunlight into the space.
Here is how it works...
Light collectors would be placed at ground level, with suggested locations, including the median on Delancey Street. Artificial lighting would be used to supplement the redirect sunlight, and at night and when the sun is obscured by clouds.
The new technology would transmit the necessary wavelengths of light to support photosynthesis, enabling plants and trees to grow. During periods of sunlight, electricity would not be necessary to light the space.
The project has been endorsed by politicians and organizations such as Manhattan Community Board 3 and the Lower East Side business improvement district.
In September 2012, the Lowline team built a full scale prototype of the technology in an abandoned warehouse in the Lower East Side, for the “Imagining the Lowline” exhibit. The exhibit attracted thousands of visitors, was heavily covered by the press and ultimately served as a proof of concept.


I like the idea of underground parks, but I see some drawbacks with the lighting (besides the "use electricity at night when there's no sun". Can't the park have night or what?).

The collection poles seem its weak point, wind by storms could easily damage them, and they would need more staff to keep them clean from the dirt that rain brings as well as the pollution of a city.

Also, what about the air in those parks? How would they renew it?



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Wow, I love the idea! But what would be the use?



    

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MoHasanie said:
Wow, I love the idea! But what would be the use?


The underground park?



Interesting Idea for a thread, tagging