Dubai’s Sinking Multi-Billion Dollar Man-Made Islands -- Far More Costly To The Local Ecosystem

Man fuck that shit!!! It needs to sink all the way to the ocean floor. Why the fuck are they using tax money to build shit that we wont even get to see. i don't care if no one like what im saying it's the damn truth. We got so much going on in the world that severly needs attention and this is what our world leaders are more concerned with. making more money for themselves but don't want to take care of home with the people that do the hard work to make our country turn. Shit!!!! What is wrong with people as human beings for that matter? I swear to GOD if i was rich... there will be so many people taken care of and there will be so many things to do to help my people and my community. but noooo... rich fuckers dont think like that. GREED!!!!!! Stop the drama stop the bullshit and let's do what we need to do to make a better future for our children, our ancestors did it and so did our elders. Return the fucking favor.

This is History people. These man made islands will be a landmark or "permanent statue" of history showing how earth looked like in our times of our lives. It's like the Mayans and Egyptians leaving behind those gigantic man made pyramids. Why are they there? What was is for? But islands shaped as the earth? I think this is great whether they win or lose because it will be a historical site (even under sea level) for the humans that live thousands of years to come.

Someone needs to record David Beckham's island sinking! That would be glorious!

I thought the West was evil for our decadence and wealth? Say what you will about the west, but we haven't tried to promulgate or build anything this useless or decadent. Down with the Sand Planet!

All I can say is that people are getting stupider every day and this proves it.

Dubai is totally fucked up, look at all of these things: these world islands, the palm islands, the tallest tower, their unethical employment standards, the raping of women that goes unreported, and their LOCATION! they can't accept that their desert region totally can't support all that they want to achieve.

oh, not to mention the plans for their underwater hotel!

all that shit fucks up everything. false islands in the ocean; environmental damage. billion dollar skyscrapers and tourist attractions; money going to their economy that will only want to build MORE. overall goal; useless, considering they should use the money to help improve their system and some neighboring nations.

the rich, pretentious types who choose to go there are completely blinded by the false glamour and are probably the types who don't understand the serious economic and minority issues we have going on everywhere!

sinking island is no surprise.

...somewhat of a rant, but the place is ridiculous to me.
DON'T GO. seriously, opt for a place with real culture and natural beauty.

I don't want to 'diss' Dubai for having grand architectural aspirations. They follow through on some remarkable spectacles, but as with so many developments, concern for precisely what impact it will have on the environment always seems to be at the bottom of the totem pole. Any entity building on such a vast scale should be forced to adhere to a consistent set of ec-principles throughout the entire construction process. That's my feeling, at least.

What a waste; but it is a fitting reminder that man's designs are bound by the laws of the universe around him.

Disaster of greed

Doesn't their city now have the tallest building in the world? This title once belonged to the USA, then Singapore, now Dubai holds the world record for tallest inhabited building. It's called the Burj Khalifa Tower. I believe it's an astounding 2,720 feet in height.

those 'islands' are a microcosm of our Islands (continents) that are slowly giving way to rising sea levels, and hopefully Mother Nature

That's fine, if they would just get their human rights act together and stop their discrimination against their workers, who are little more than modified slaves, and let's not mention the rape of boys (cause they can't get pregnant and are defenseless), discrimination against gays and women as usual

Pretty too look at but bad for the envronment, who whould have thought?

Dubai's Urban planing is Nucking Futs! :O

They have a 'Disney World' that's three times bigger. They're going to have not one but two more palmetto islands and the third one is going to be huge. And according to Thomas ZD's link they're going to have multiple skyscrapers, and A SPACEPORT?! YES. A SPACEPORT!

I actually admire Dubai for actually bringing their plans into reality and I wish my country was more zelous in changing it's infrastructure like Dubai. But they're treating their construction workers as indentured servants and there was a lot of injuries/deaths.

And how will the city will bring in the right amount of tourist. You cant rely on just rich people to bring in income to pay off the debt from construction you have to bring in middle income people too. And how will Dubai deal with the culture clash of westerners if the region they live in is conservative?

hahaha... all that money could've been used for something good... but noooooo... why help the poor when the rich can look pretty!

KARMA is a BITCH!!

Yes, just a little piece of the money people throw away on stupid stuff could change the whole world - for the good.

But - no - just stupid stuff...

"Listen, lad. I've built this kingdom up from nothing. When I started here, all there was was swamp. All the kings said I was daft to build a castle in a swamp, but I built it all the same, just to show 'em. It sank into the swamp. So, I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third one. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. An' that's what your gonna get, lad -- the strongest castle in these islands."

Reading the names of the people on that list makes me sad ...

"Nobody Expects the [effects of Global warming]!"

Money doesn't make us happy or smart.

what an awful waste!!!

The profits from our dependency on oil at work.
This will be fun to watch.

The hubris of tycoons sinking into the sea. It's almost poetic.

With all that went into that project Millions of people could have been helped.

this is only a testament of how silly humans can be. I remember hearing about this a long time ago and knew it was going to be disastrous.

I knew this shit would fail when I first read about in national Geo many yrs ago...

ridiculous waste of resources.

This whole project smacked of opulence and failure when I first heard about it. Yeah it had the wow factor going for it, but in the end, wow is just shock and awe.