Comments on: World Cup 2022 in Qatar and the Energy Debate Over Artificial Clouds https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/ Sustainably Driven. Future Ready. Wed, 28 Aug 2013 06:22:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Aviva Weisgal https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/#comment-139571 Wed, 28 Aug 2013 06:22:24 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=96677#comment-139571 It’s reassuring that we will be around in 2022!

]]> By: Laurie Balbo https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/#comment-139312 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 16:43:27 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=96677#comment-139312 jASSIM – Apologies for the misleading title – which refers to old 2011 news that Qatar was indeed exploring creation of fake clouds to shade the sports venue (see one such story from CNN here http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/03/25/qatar.flying.saucers/index.html). Judging from lack of more recent media coverage, it seems that idea has been (wisely) abandoned.

King Kong – I agree that this seems to be an incredible “bait and switch” as the promised energy-gulping cooling technologies are insufficient to counter Qatar’s punishing summer weather. Was there ever precedence for World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event switching venues after a venue was chosen?

]]> By: King Kong https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/#comment-139300 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:54:31 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=96677#comment-139300 The title of this report saying “Artificial Clouds” is laughable. Are they naive, or they have really forgotten that there is a 900,000 sq mi Arabian Desert at the west of Qatar? You can use artificial cloud to give a good shade but you can’t stop the hot wind coming from the Arabian Desert. Three years after the FIFA’s Exco members were being misled, there are still many people being cheated.

The only solution up to the ability of today’s technology is as what the Qatar’s proposal of air-conditioning systems to all the stadia, training facilities, fan-zones and walkways between metro stations and stadiums (Worldfootballinsider.com. 28 April 2010).

Don’t tell lies again please.

]]> By: King Kong https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/#comment-139298 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 12:33:47 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=96677#comment-139298 For the health of players is just a kind of smoke as the Qatar’s bidding document stressed the provision of air conditioning systems that can reduce temperatures from 50 to 27 °C (122 to 81 °F). The bidding committee also proposes to use such cooling technologies in fan-zones, training pitches and walkways between metro stations and stadiums (Worldfootballinsider.com. 28 April 2010).

If the Qatar bidding committee is going to eat their words, then FIFA should declare the Qatar’s holding right of the 2022 waived. As such, re-bidding should take place.

This is the ugliest scandal upright in the public. While FIFA and most decent soccer fans are against match-fixing, this UEFA head wittingly chose a very bad location because of some of his non-monetary-direct reasons, promising in advance that he would change from summer to winter should Qatar won. Even non-monetary-direct, this is a cheat obviously. Why is he so shameless?

]]> By: jASSIM https://www.greenprophet.com/2013/08/world-cup-2022-in-qatar-and-the-energy-debate-over-artificial-clouds/#comment-139290 Sun, 25 Aug 2013 11:05:00 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=96677#comment-139290 Where is the “debate over artificial clouds” mentioned on the title? Wasted of time ….

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