China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert

[Demolitions2]

[QUOTE=IPK;38741957]Why don't just construct a city on the mountains instead?[/QUOTE]

Flatten a city, and build mountains.

[NO ONE]

[QUOTE=IPK;38741957]Why don't just construct a city on the mountains instead?[/QUOTE]

Why don't we just build a city in the air. Or under the sea.

[sp]subtle Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite references here[/sp]

[Neo Kabuto]

[QUOTE=IPK;38741957]Why don't just construct a city on the mountains instead?[/QUOTE]

Or do it the dwarven way and build the city inside the mountains.

[carcarcargo]

[QUOTE=Zerohe;38740383]Cities are god damn beautiful.

[IMG]http://xaxor.com/images/cities-at-night-photography-part2-/cities-at-night-photography-part2-4.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SqhhJb_P3Kk/SPY37w_MOAI/AAAAAAAACdo/YS49tR1iPc8/s1600/city+at+night+6.jpg[/IMG]

[URL="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Chrysler_Building_Midtown_Manhattan_New_York_City_1932.jpg"]Linking this final one due to huge resolution.[/URL][/QUOTE]

I'd rather have both

[Elecbullet]

[QUOTE=ultra_bright;38738425]Send in gabe, he's pretty good at flattening shit right.[/QUOTE]

Is this really appropriate for a completely non-HL2 related thread?

[Hawke7]

[QUOTE=Noss;38740278]It saddens me that one day the Earth will probably be covered entirely by towns and cities.[/QUOTE]

I just hope we start building upwards instead of spreading out. Arcologies hell yeah!

[cecilbdemodded]

So what are they going to do with all the Earth and rocks they move out? Truck them to another area and pile them there. They'll have a new mountain range in no time. It's like being in the army when they make you dig a hole, then fill it back in again, then dig it out again, except on a national scale.

[Bazzinga]

[QUOTE=mac338;38741777]Cities can look pretty, but can never come near surpassing nature in beauty and complexity.[/QUOTE]

IMO, anything man-made can look much prettier than anything natural [B]but only in a superficial sense[/B]. Sure the complexities of even a leaf is way more beautiful, but in this day and age its very rare for us to stop and look at the small aspects of life.

[Darkmonkey]

I love how his retort to the environmental concerns is "Lanzhou's environment is already really poor"
Like, 'well we can't fuck it up much more than it already is, can we?'

[KennyAwsum]

Yeah.
Doesn't sound harmful to china's environment at all.

[dunkace]

[QUOTE=KennyAwsum;38743803]Yeah.
Doesn't sound harmful to china's environment at all.[/QUOTE]

Of course not! "China will grow larger"

[TonyP]

Mountains are important for weather.

[Andokool12]

Holy shit they're using BEAMS

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/59Tr9.png[/IMG]

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=mugofdoom;38739723]That's kind of sad, especially when you consider that no one is probably going to live there.

China, fuck off and leave the damn mountains alone.[/QUOTE]

there are gonna be many many many many more mountains even with these smashed

[draugur]

Dear China,
You're fucking dumb.

Love,
Draugur