Dubai’s giant fountain
by graeme
Dubai is not a place for the subtle. Fancy cars, conspicuous wealth, ginormous hotels…and now, the world’s biggest fountain.
The new $281 million water thingy will open in 2009. It will be able to shoot 22,000 gallons of water 450 feet into the air. And, it will have over 6,000 lights and 50 projectors to make it look real purty.
Well, I guess you have to spend your money on something.
I’m curious to see how they’ll fare once we are able to reduce our dependence on oil. They seem to be investing in incredibly extravagant property, all to become a tourist destination. Perhaps that is the source of revenue they see for themselves once the billions from oil are no longer coming in. The whole region will have to re-invent its economy, and looks like UAE might have the easiest time at it…