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What would happen if we put a giant glass tinted dome over each city? (lemdro.id)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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In this scenario, we aren't trapped in the dome. There are openings and doors, so we can get out, cycle in fresh air, etc.

Is this a viable ~~solution to~~ way to avoid the effects of climate change? Would it be cooler in the dome? Would there be any negative repercussions? Would clouds form inside the dome? Could it rain in the dome? Would the rain be more toxic than usual because car fumes wouldn't dilute as well? Could outside lightning break the dome if it got struck? Would there be a single point in the dome that the sunlight would be directed to that everyone would just have to avoid, else they just burst into flame?

Sorry but I have so many questions about this. Apparently there was a show about the situation, but all I remember is that it wasn't very good. Hank from Breaking Bad was in it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, it would definitely rain inside the dome.

Source: my dad. He was in the Air Force, and once worked in a giant aircraft hangar that was big enough to accommodate an airship. He told me that the hangar had its own “weather”, and conditions inside the hangar were announced like weather forecasts.

That was only one hangar. Even though it was uncommonly large, it wasn’t nearly as big a city block.

On an unrelated note, I wonder how long it would take the inside of the dome to get filthy from things like exhaust.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That big stupid hotel in Dubai with the poop trucks also had cloud (and possibly rain?) form because they turned the AC up to fast, iirc.

Its not uncommon for huge buildings with lots of volume.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"humidity event“ (rain) in Facebook data centre