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Re: What is the most important engineering problem of our future?

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Originally Posted by koala79
Very interesting answers, all. I agree that oil is probably critical at this point and in light of Hurricane Katrina, strengthening the infrastructure of levies and dams across hurricane-prone states would be crucial.
this will definately become an issue now.

Part of the problem is building flimsy structures on sand. We knew better than this even 2000 years ago

and part of it is simply telling people "this area is below sea level, you CANT build anything here"

you cant out-engineer nature, or gravity!
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