Directions To Invisible City

Directions To Invisible City

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"If at first an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it."

invisible city leaves the land intact....invisible city builds below ground so that people can always enjoy the land...in invisible city, the roofs are at ground level: permeable to light and air over the living areas, permeable to rain in the garden areas...there are highways and byways in invisible city, but there are no signs or billboards anywhere..it looks like a wilderness, but it is not...wireless ports in the landscape are indistinguishable from the landscape, and travelers tune to the frequency that gives them directions and location on hand-held devices...at night, coyotes howl in some places, frogs croak in some, and, in others, the crickets chirp under the sky...katydids

You can practice with these souns files before you get to Invisible City.

Solar Train

The Old Lady says that the ground space between the two lanes of a four-lane highway is wasted space.

And people need to start thinking about the future before it arrives.

Fossil fuels are used to manipulate the populace and cause wars, hatred and bloodshed.

She says to stop killing each other right now.

She proposes a solar commuter train be put in that space between cities.

The median strip is a long expanse of grass that has to be mowed and maintained.

She applauds the efforts that many states have put into plantings and wildflowers and, in many cases, small ecological habitats for wild creatures who are crowded out of the woodlands by builders, but in most places there is plenty of room on the roadsides.

Those habitats need very little maintenance.

The train cars should be small and narrow, only one seat and an aisle.

Except in large and very crowded metro areas, many seats are wasted because people don't like to sit next to strangers, so don't even waste your efforts. It's a self/not-self issue.

There should be solar panels on the tops of the train cars to collect solar energy placed over the passenger side of the train, and filtered light panels over the aisles that emit enough light in overcast days and filter out excess light on sunny days.

Price breaks should be given to people who are willing to pay for a month or a year in advance to encourage funding the endeavor.

Each car should be fairly small. In case of malfunction or damage, the cars could be switched out easily to minimize cost replacement and downtime.

She says if theme parks can do it, so can the government.

And it would probably be fun.

Ok, Bing, here it is:

The illustration above addresses the pressure problem in basement and underground house walls of poured cement. After the outside walls are poured and cured and the forms have been removed, a brace (two slightly different versions shown) of the correct size needs to be put on bedrock or on a level poured slab and abutted and affixed to the wall by means of reinforcing rods which have been installed while the cement is still malleable.

This is a lot of work, but the idea is to construct an enduring and dry underground building that you will be proud of. The size and angle of the brace must be calculated in regards to the height and thickness of the wall and depth of the room and all other factors to determine where the most physical pressure will fall after it is bermed in. You might wonder if the braces shouldn't be put on the inside of the wall to counteract the pressure from the outside fill, but the hope is that they will act like lightning rods, as it were, and channel the energy of the outside pressure away from the walls, preventing fissures or worse.

Of course, it would be best if the brace were of one poured metal piece rather than welded parts, but if you weld, then make sure it is riveted securely. You may place as many as deemed necessary. After all is firm and secure, then you can install the circular drain and gravel fill, and, lastly, the earth berm.

The biggest problem with undergound houses is pressure and moisture. Extra trouble must be gone to initially to avoid problems later on. The above illustration addresses a moisture problem. Interlocking drainage pipe of a trough-type with either (1) a sieve or colander cover on the top one-half of the pipe or (2)no cover at all (so that it looks like a half-pipe), depending upon the fill material around the outside walls.

Don't build a house you will regret later.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Euro dollars.