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Incredible Before-And-After Photo Shows How Fast Japan Is Rebuilding
Business Insider ^
| 03/23/2011
| Joe Weisenthal
Posted on 03/23/2011 7:59:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: earthquake; japan; rebuilding; wow
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To: Oldpuppymax
Beat me by > this < much! LOL
To: SeekAndFind
We showed we could do it then. We have better technology today, but we dont have the spirit to do it.It has less to do with spirit and more to do with government laws and regulations. Impact statements, building permits, zoning, work laws, etc. represent a serious obstacle to getting things done quickly.
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:26:49 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:28:25 AM PDT
by
proud American in Canada
(To paraphrase Sarah Palin: I love when the liberals get all wee-wee'd up.)
To: wendy1946
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:29:56 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("All it takes for Evil to triumph is for good MEN to do nothing." Edmund Burke)
To: Red in Blue PA
You’d never know that from the realm of archery. Since around 05 people have been using those HighCountry arrows which are light to the point of non existence with bows ranging up to 90 lbs and the only problems most people have seen is glue failing to hold inserts together. In the case of a large building you’d be talking about prefabbing segments of floors and lifting them into place with helicopters or zeppelins. It would be much stronger than steel and many times lighter, there would be nothing in the picture to fail.
To: Panzerlied
And were still rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina? And still blaming and complaining about it.
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:33:11 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(The world is sleeping in the dark that the Church just can't fight, 'cause it's asleep in the light.)
To: wendy1946
When carbon fiber bikes fail, they fail catastrophically. and it does happen more than one would think.
I used to feel the same way about carbon fiber as you do, though my feelings have changed after seeing such failures.
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:43:59 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(For the first time in my adult life, I'm scared of my government.)
To: SeekAndFind
Not particularly surprising.
We’ve had similar projects here in California.
Its all a question of need. Nothing about that project sets any kind of record for civil construction.
To: SeekAndFind
To: wendy1946
You clearly do not understand engineering.
Carbon fiber is a combination of short strands held together in a plastic resin. The use of this technology for archery is great, since the engineering behind this is based on “compression” exerted over a longitudinal axis. The result is better penetration performance for overall mass.
Construction reinforcement materials work on a completely different scale of physics. Steel is the best material for reinforcing Concrete because it can be extruded as a seamless component, which is crucial to span and load bearing structures.
Modern methods of construction now eliminate Electrolysis by preventing an electrical ground in the steel reinforcement structure, which in turn eliminates internal corrosion. Steel reinforcement bar also is plastic coated which is the biggest corrosion deterrent due to electrolysis.
Using Carbon fiber on a massive scale for bridges and buildings simply would not work very well from a physical standpoint alone. It would also be very difficult to produce enough Petroleum based plastic resin to meet the demand of such a broad application as infrastructure.
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posted on
03/23/2011 8:56:01 AM PDT
by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(Patriotic by Proxy! (Cause I'm a nutcase and it's someone Else's' fault!....))
To: BwanaNdege
When steel rebar corrodes, it is almost always because the water used for the mix was out of spec, usually due to salt, but also frequently due to low Ph, such as sulphur springs.
To: Red in Blue PA; wendy1946
Let’s see recall something about a steel bridge, Mississippi River and an interstate highway.
To: Red in Blue PA
Steve Fossett isn't around any more to *ask*, if he were, his innovative sails were made of carbon fiber and cuben fiber.. At the time they were the largest [11,631 sq ft] sails on any sailing vessel in the world. The mast was an astonishing 147.5 feet tall.
Got Fossett the world record the carbon fiber did not fail .
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posted on
03/23/2011 9:02:50 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
( DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
To: BwanaNdege
So ? this Basalt has more tension strength than rebar ? and is lighter ? and need less concrete ?
To: dfwgator
I agree with you.
It used to be that immigrants assimilated their culture into American culture. Sadly, that rarely happens anymore.
To: Panzerlied
“And were still rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina?”
Yep. That’s because Barack Obama doesn’t like black people.
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posted on
03/23/2011 9:27:48 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(NO WAR FOR OIL! ........except when a Democrat's in charge.)
To: bereanway
. I believe in the second pic the damaged area is on down the road quite a little ways. It's still going to be before the electrical transmission tower with the road sign near the base.
There is no indication of damage on the reconstructed road.
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posted on
03/23/2011 9:36:29 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Radioactive plume to hit USA. President Obama and family fly to Brazil)
To: SeekAndFind
The before picture. Look at the color of the leaves...
To: Professional
Well then also note the color of the sky and the different distance of the power pole in the background. The time of day both were taken can also differ.
To: bereanway
Wow, you’re sharp. And further inspection of the first picture, the foliage would indicate it being fall. Leaves are browned out, plus they are still on the trees. It isn’t fall in Japan in March is it?....
Might be from a previous earthquake. They had a good one in 2007. That one happened in July.
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