From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net>
>Nope, I just read this in a several places, the only two of which
>I recall definitely was in fiction: Niven's "Oath of Fealty" and
>in one of his Known Space stories about the first Man-Kzin War.
>I guess the reasoning is that operationally they may be more
>efficient, but building them demands so much more design and labor
>work, as well as more expensive higher performance materials that
>the resources used to support that overwhelm those saved in the
>day to day operations. So long as building efficiencies discount
>savings beyond 10 years as much as they do, arcologies will always
>be negative impactors.
Hmmmm don't think I support your conclusions, but thanks for the
info.
Now to support my version www.arcosanti.org, the worlds most
recent Arcology (since the pueblo?). I was delighted to see that
there is much new going on here. The fact that Paolo Soleri is an
artist as well as architect has always been interesting. There are
some 70 people currently living at Arcosanti.
Also good news, the book "Arcology: city in the image of man" is
once again available through the same URL. You can call and order
by phone/credit card although it doesnt specifically say so.
Brian
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