Talk:Masdar City

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[edit] I'm very skeptical

The article says, "...the city will rely entirely on solar energy, with a sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste ecology..."

I know the article cites its sources. But I'm skeptical that those sources are accurate.

I suspect that once the city is fully operational and fully inhabited, it will use some additional source(s) of energy, and it will produce more waste than zero. Grundle2600 (talk) 23:30, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Project leadership

The article states that the Masdar City Project is presided by Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, but after a brief web search I could not find any mention of His Highness in connection with leadership of the project. According to the Masdar web page, the CEO is Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, but no further people are mentioned in this context. --AlastairIrvine (talk) 13:43, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

I decided to remove the information considering what you said. I could also not find any information. The only thing I found was that Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan announced the project, but it says nothing about him presiding over the project.[1] Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 00:39, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Settlement type

In the infobox, it says that Masdar is a "walled city." I do not believe this is correct. It is not even a city. It is just a future area of the city of Abu Dhabi. Can someone explain to me why they believe Masdar can be considered a "walled city?" Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 22:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Because that is what they specifically call themselves here, and references to the city walls are made in multiple other sources. As far as I can tell, while Abu Dhabi may eventually engulf the region, this is/will be considered a separate city, but it is one of those time-will-tell situations. No need to get into the Original Research area by declaring it not to be a separate entity because it may one day be incorporated into the capital. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 23:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, thank you very much for your quick reply. I guess we can keep "walled city" until something changes (either during construction or many years from now). Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 23:08, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Good deal. Consider, though, even cities and towns which have been nominally absorbed by others tend to retain their own sense of self. My guess is that it will retain the common name of "Masdar City", though again, any real discussion on this matter is still many years off. — Huntster (t • @ • c) 23:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)