Latest comments posted about Chilling developments in Dubai on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2664-Chilling-developments-in-Dubai http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/2664-Chilling-developments-in-Dubai If they have enough money to cool the sand, let them do it! it is theirs to spend however they choose. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:04:08 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8156 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8156 Ambitious architects might have their show-moments in Dubai. Not long ago, my friend quit an American architectural firm where she had worked for two years and applied to work on a new construction project in Dubai. Between challenging high technology, satisfying the needs of the minority of rich people or protecting the environment, which should we choose? This article makes us think. Micky Translated by Ming Li Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:29:21 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8157 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8157 The problem is that in most gulf states people are scared to speak out against the government. For most cases their reluctance is based on reality. Why would the government allow a group to talk against the one thing that Dubai has going for it. Tourism and real estate. You have to realise that Dubai does not have a great deal of Oil. Their industry is not really based on Oil, It is Abu Dhabi (ADNOC) who has the Oil. It's really a shame that gulf countries do not realise the need to preserve the environment and to invest more money into sustainable energy. But you have to look to what is happening on the street. Which is that water costs more then Petrol in Saudi Arabia, and that it costs me only five uk pounds to fill up my car. We need to invest into technologies and research that does not make it prohibitively expensive to develop green energy so we can compete on the level that most people care about, price! We also need to lobby the gulf governments to invest in educating the masses about a sustainable lifestyle. Hamza Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:43:17 +0000 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8158 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/2664#comment-8158