Now we know where the $3/gallon goes.

Dubai in 1990
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Dubai1990.jpg/Dubai1990-full.jpg

The same street in 2003
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Dubai2003.jpg/Dubai2003-full.jpg

Last year
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/bd011907diminishingsmilyp2.jpg/bd011907diminishingsmilyp2-full.jpg

Dubai is said to currently have 15-25% of all the world's cranes.
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/dubaicontrtuc2222222.JPG/dubaicontrtuc2222222-full.jpg
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/05/13/10039528.html

The Dubai Waterfront.  When completed it will become the largest waterfront development in the world.
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/AlBurjPanorama.jpg/AlBurjPanorama-full.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_waterfront

All of this was built in the last 5 years, including that island that looks like a palm tree, the Palm Islands in Dubai. New Dutch dredging technology was used to create these massive man made islands. They are the largest artificial islands in the world and can be seen from space.  Three of these Palms will be made with the last one being the largest of them all.

Upon completion, the resort will have 2,000 villas, 40 luxury hotels, shopping centers, movie theaters, and many other facilities. It is expected to support a population of approximately 500,000 people. It is advertised as being visible from the moon.
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/24280810_3dd983b2e4_o.jpg/24280810_3dd983b2e4_o-full.jpg
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Picture1.jpg/Picture1-full.jpg
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/800px-Palm_Island_Resort2.jpg/800px-Palm_Island_Resort2-full.jpg

The World Islands.  300 artificially created islands in the shape of the world.  Each island will have an estimated cost of $25-30 million.
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/TheWorldDubai.jpg/TheWorldDubai-full.jpg

The Burj al-Arab hotel in Dubai .  The worlds tallest hotel. Considered the only '7 star' hotel and the most luxurious hotel in the world. It stands on an artificial island in the sea.
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/burj_al_arab.jpg/burj_al_arab-full.jpg

Hydropolis, the world's first underwater hotel. Entirely built in Germany and then assembled in Dubai, it is scheduled to be completed by 2009 after many delays. 
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Picture4.jpg/Picture4-full.jpg

The Burj Dubai.  Construction began in 2005 and is expected to be complete by 2008.  At an estimated height of over 800 meters, it will easily be world's tallest building when finished. It will be almost 40% taller than the the current tallest building, the Yaipei 101.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Burj20Dubai20Tower201.jpg/Burj20Dubai20Tower201-full.jpg

This is what downtown Dubai will look like around 2008-2009. More than 140 stories of the Burj Dubai have already been completed. It is already the worlds tallest man made structure and it is still not scheduled to be completed for at least another year.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/DOWNTOWN.jpg/DOWNTOWN-full.jpg

The Al Burj. This will be the centerpiece of the Dubai Waterfront. Once completed it will take over the title of the tallest structure in the world from the Burj Dubai.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/albu32mu.jpg/albu32mu-full.jpg

Recently it was announced that the final height of this tower will be 1200 meters. That would make it more than 30% taller than the Burj Dubai and three times as tall as the Empire State Building.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/AlBurjDay.jpg/AlBurjDay-full.jpg

The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower . Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009.  At 480 meters it will only be 28 meters shorter than the Taipei 101.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/burjalalaam2.JPG/burjalalaam2-full.jpg

The Trump International Hotel & Tower, which will be the centerpiece of one of the palm islands, The Palm Jumeirah.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/TrumpHotelDubai.jpg/TrumpHotelDubai-full.jpg

Dubailand. Currently, the largest amusement park collection in the world is Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando , which is also the largest single-site employer in the United states with 58,000 employees. Dubailand will be twice the size. Dubailand will be built on 3 billion square feet (107 miles^2) at an estimated $20 billion price tag. The site will include a purported 45 mega projects and 200 hundred other smaller projects.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Dubailand2006.jpg/Dubailand2006-full.jpg
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/d_panel_pic.jpg/d_panel_pic-full.jpg
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/nternational-Dubai-Sports-City.jpg/nternational-Dubai-Sports-City-full.jpg
http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/dubailand_map_big.jpg/dubailand_map_big-full.jpg

Dubai  Sports City.  A huge collection of sports arenas located in Dubailand.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/Pictugre1.jpg/Pictugre1-full.jpg

Currently, the Walt Disney World Resort is the #1 tourist destination in the world. Once fully completed,

Dubailand will easily take over that title since it is expected to attract 200,000 visitors daily.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/DSC-adv.jpg/DSC-adv-full.jpg

The Dubai Marina is an entirely man made development that will contain over 200 highrise buildings when finished.  It will be home to some of the tallest residential structures in the world. The completed first phase of the project is shown. Most of the other high rise buildings will be finished by 2009-2010. The Dubai Mall will be the largest shopping mall in the world with over 9 million square feet of shopping and around 1000 stores. It will be completed in 2008.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/marina_banner_tcm3-250.jpg/marina_banner_tcm3-250-full.jpg

Ski Dubai, which is already open, is the largest indoor skiing facility in the world. This is a rendered image of another future indoor skiing facility that is being planned.

http://dubai.isnuts.googlepages.com/jhgfjhgj.jpg/jhgfjhgj-full.jpg

Some of the tallest buildings in the world, such as Ocean Heights and The Princess Tower, which will be the largest residential building in the world at over a 100 stories, will line the DubaiMarina. 

The UAE Spaceport would be the first spaceport in the world if construction ever gets under way. 

The Dubai Metro system, once completed, will become the largest fully automated rail system in the world. The Dubai World Central International Airport will become the largest airport in size when it is completed.  It will also eventually become the busiest airport in the world, based on passenger volume.  There are more construction workers in Dubai than there are actual citizens.  

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If the US invested all of their money in building luxury hotels and homes and theme parks, they could top this many many many times.

Wow, $3 per gallon? In the UK we're at the equivalent of $8 per gallon

>>4
Yep, I'm sure that was the point - congrats, fucktard

>>5
In thirdworldistan I pay a lot more, brb crying.

dubai is going to be one freaky place once it runs out of gas

Dubai is already one freaky place with all that built-up area and next to no traffic or tourists.  Of course, would YOU spend $10000 a week to go there, PER PERSON?  Dubai isn't being built with YOU in mind, that's for fucking sure.

>>7
you know, only 6% of their revenues come from oil now, and they're going to be out of it in 2020 - it's pretty much self sufficient now.

>>9
I knew that as I typed it.

Dubai is a great example of a heavily-invested retail development effort that will fail hugely.  Sure, there are comparisons to Las Vegas, but LV grew a lot more organically than Dubai is now.

I smell FAIL.  FAIL is Dubai.

>Now we know where the $3/gallon goes

yeah, it goes to your MOM

>>12

My mom pays for my gas

>>13
average stormfronter

Actually, Dubai uses almost no oil.

You're thinking Saudi Arabia.

>>14
Explain how having a mom who pays for your gas is racist.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A NIGGER

>>16
Butthurt response confirms that the retard at hand, is indeed, a stormfronter.

they may not use alot of oil per say... but the big wigs in OPEC... where do you think they hang out?

>>18
What the fuck are you talking about?

>>20
Something incomprehensible by your meager mental capabilities.