TWO:
TITLE:
The Perils of Getting High
VALIDITY:
643.1 or 68.1 or 725.1.
DESCRIPTION:
A surge in the construction industry has followed your government's recent endorsement of high rise buildings, but some are questioning the ecological impact.
OPTION 1
"Your shining glass towers demand regulation of fluctuating temperatures, force water distrIbUtion against gravity, and are a blight on our landscape," complains woke teenager @@randmomname@@, adjusting the collar of @@HIS@@ all-hemp smock. "Change direction, @@LEADER@@, and restrict building heights. The closer we are to Mother Earth, the better."
OUTCOME:
the architecture of @@CAPITAL@@ is often accused of being short on ambition
OPTION 2
"There's upsides to maximising density of urban structures," counters Countryside First campaigner @@randomname@@, looking somewhat discomfited at being indoors. "High-rises reduce the geographical footprint of cities and reduce need for transportation. Instead, build only with living organic materials, with natural ventilation and integrated biospheres. Some taxpayer money will be needed to make this work, but with an environmentally sound approach, the sky's the limit."
OUTCOME:
treehouses aren't just for kids
OPTION 3
"Actually, there's perfectly good hard engineering solutions available," phones in Ivana Locke, concrete-pouring guru. "Use MgSO4-7H2O-based aggregates, recycled fly ash, locally sourced substrates and greywater. Then you get durable concrete buildings, which need replacing less often -- barely any environmental damage but solid as a rock. Ah, got to go, I've got a call coming through on the other line."
OUTCOME:
the concrete reality of @@NAME@@ is depressingly grey
OPTION 4 - CAPITALISTS ONLY
"Rap with me now, @@LEADER@@: The invisible hand of the market guides us," intones the CEO of Notoriously Big Construction, with almost religious reverence. "If a building ain't ecological, peeps ain't gonna want it. If peeps ain't fussed how green it is, then Government ain't got no right to be fussed neither. Keep the planners and the inspectors out of the way, and builders gonna get busy."
OUTCOME:
a high-rise capital city disrupts weather patterns across the whole nation
OPTION 5 - NONCAPITALISTS ONLY
"The construction engineer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter,
is in duty bound to serve Man, the people," intones Director of Construction Sergei Sergeyevich, composing his sentences with deliberate care. "Our high rise constructions consciously extol the glory of Communism, and lead us to economic strengh in future. Do not let the small-minded limit our upward climb, @@LEADER@@. The nation demands that we build. The future awaits."
OUTCOME:
a high-rise capital city disrupts weather patterns across the whole nation
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