Mar 6 2008Conceptual Parisian Building Is Super Green
The Anti-Smog Innovation Center is a conceptual building that was designed to reside on the Canal de L'Ourcq in Paris. It "would sport 2,700 solar panels as well as a titanium dioxide coating that would react with UV rays to break down smog." In addition, "a 148-foot-tall Wind Tower would convert the canal's breezes into energy." Well neato. How about you go ahead and build it Paris? The place could use a little cleaning up. Because my girlfriend and I visited once and our first impression of the city, after getting out of the airport, was of a mother letting her 4-year-old daughter shit on the sidewalk. If you think I'm joking, I'm not. It was so romantic.
A solar powered, wind using, smog killing fantasy building in Paris [dvice]
Reader Comments
1. cesar666cu - March 6, 2008 3:30 PM
You got to be kidding about your trip in Paris...
As a Parisian I have nether saw such a thing, as there is some free auto-cleaning toilet on the street...
2. Julia - March 6, 2008 3:31 PM
I'm not surprise in reading that Paris, near le Canal de l'Ourq, is way to ugly and dirty. This is my shame as a parisian girl.
3. Joe - March 6, 2008 4:13 PM
Looks like a large, French toilet. If the French had toilets, of course.
4. PB&J - March 6, 2008 4:26 PM
Sounds like Paris is one degree worse than London. Every fucking doorway in that city has urine puddles streaming from its corners. And trash is everywhere....everywhere. Thanks IRA.
5. Ben - March 6, 2008 4:47 PM
I live in Paris and what he says is real, many places like underground smells like restroom, its horible, And on the borders of the Canal de L'Ourq, there are many tents with poor persons, it's really romantic ! But as everyone say it, Paris have something we can explain, it's Paris ! A romantic city, with french girls !
6. guate6 - March 6, 2008 6:09 PM
French chicks who don't shave.
Neat idea, I hope it gets all the dog poop out of the streets too. This should be implemented in many other places.
FRIST!!
7. Atrides - March 6, 2008 6:59 PM
This may sound a little crazy, but if they really wanted to eliminate smog and clean up the air quality of the streets, they should start by pulling down that smokestack in the background.
Paris has incredable public works of art, all of which are deteriorating every day due to exposure to variour fumes consistant with smog. They owe it to themselves (and to the world) to clean their air.
8. Big City - March 6, 2008 8:21 PM
Paris kinda smells like buttsweat.
9. error on page - March 6, 2008 8:26 PM
My Dad used to describe how filthy Paris was - so I never wanted to go there. He said Napolean held his stomach to keep from vomiting.
10. nicole - March 6, 2008 9:14 PM
romatic place should be shared with friends at ihadsexwiththeeiffeltowerbutitwasn'tbigenough.com
11. Brian - March 7, 2008 2:31 AM
Does every tourist have at least a couple poop related memories of Paris? I know I do.
12. laz - March 7, 2008 4:18 AM
in my experience the whole of france smells like sewage. maybe it's to do with the fact that it's still on septic tanks - and in winter the water level rises?
still a cool country though, and i stopped noticing the smell after a while.
13. Greg - March 7, 2008 8:50 AM
What clichés you all are saying. Ok french women dont shave, we shit/pee right in the middle of the streets. BUT, portuguese women have hairy legs, US people are fat, Irish people are potatoes eaters and i could go on like that for a while. Come on people, stop trolling an article (which has a troll inside anyway) (>> the whole country stinks like a sh*t because of septic tanks : ROFLOL).
Paris isnt the clearest place in the world of course, but pls, dont make your opinion on a single thing you've seen when you came visiting us. I'm beyond cliché, american people is seen and very often described as dumb and fat people, but i really do know that's a cliché. But well, as it looks like it's the trend of this article and its comment, let me be with you : US people cant locate Australia on a worldmap.
i'm deceived of all the clichés you're living with (not only with france...). Live in present. Dont be blind.
14. daguz - March 7, 2008 9:10 AM
But Cliches are fun.... It's just like the french to take away fun.
15. PB&J - March 7, 2008 11:30 AM
@Greg
How did you type all of that with both hands in the air?
16. mensa - March 7, 2008 11:39 AM
But Americans ARE dumb and fat, #13. I don't understand how that helps your argument
17. laz - March 9, 2008 5:10 AM
americans are fat couch potatoes, europeans are dirty, and africans are starving useless cunts. I'm south african btw....
yes, africa is a shithole, yes, it's true, and no, i dont give a fuck about the cliche...
18. Caine - March 10, 2008 5:34 AM
Yeap, as a Parisian, I can say I've seen more shit on the streets of Paris (and have not inquired as to its origin) than I've ever passed myself. That, and the people do tend to smell like old farts. I wash every morning (maybe it's a habit I picked up living in the UK) but when I take the underground to get to work, I wonder if I'm not the only one. France is a great country and I love living there... just not Paris.
That being said, I've been to London, and I honestly think it's one step beyond Paris. There's less shit, but more chewing gum, urine, and general slime on the streets.
By the way, to all the French people getting butthurt: Come ON, people. Cliches ARE fun. I'll let Americans say we're a bunch of unwashed homosexuals as long as I can say they're a bunch of uneducated, fat rednecks. Call it a trade.