Remember ice palaces? Probably not.

Lloyd Alter

Oct 14, 2024

Stationarity is dead and the world has changed, so they can't build them like they used to.

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Jonathan Tonkin

Oct 17, 2024

Thanks for the shout out, Lloyd.

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100 ft high? Honestly doesn’t sound safe and in today’s world it could be a challenge to find an engineer to sign off on it, insurance company willing to ensure it, money to pay trades to build it….We live in a very different world than 100 years ago.

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Remember ice palaces? Probably not.