GingeyBook@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoWhat are some structures today that you think will become "anceint" structures in the futuremessage-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some structures today that you think will become "anceint" structures in the futureGingeyBook@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoHoover Dam is also expected to last a long time. The forces on the structure are mainly compression and it isn’t a seismically active area. The big question is whether the electricity generating turbines would fail open or shut.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoFor sure, but Rushmore and the Pyramids have basically no time limit. The Pyramids might get buried by the sands though.
minus-squaretubaruco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoyooo underground pyramids just like terraria predicted
minus-squaremontar@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoWhat about servicing those turbines so they don’t fail at all? “This dam powers our city since 4000 years.” Sounds nice and Star Trek-ish doesn’t it?
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoYou can service them so they last forever as long as there are people to service them. I’m talking about when a piece of infrastructure becomes a ruin.
Hoover Dam is also expected to last a long time. The forces on the structure are mainly compression and it isn’t a seismically active area. The big question is whether the electricity generating turbines would fail open or shut.
For sure, but Rushmore and the Pyramids have basically no time limit. The Pyramids might get buried by the sands though.
yooo underground pyramids just like terraria predicted
What about servicing those turbines so they don’t fail at all? “This dam powers our city since 4000 years.” Sounds nice and Star Trek-ish doesn’t it?
You can service them so they last forever as long as there are people to service them.
I’m talking about when a piece of infrastructure becomes a ruin.