Because towers take so long to plan and construct, the current crop reflect a vision up to a decade old, reckons Nick Offer of Arup, an engineering firm.

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For example, it justifies the retention of Europe's biggest navy, and a plan to construct two giant aircraft-carriers, by stressing Britain's worldwide interests: a trade-oriented economy, with 10m citizens living overseas, 13 dependent territories and close ties to other Commonwealth states.

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So every time I hear about yet-another automaker, especially a luxury one, conjuring up a brilliant new plan to take its car-owning experience to the next level by having dealers construct fancy buildings, I scoff.

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SunPower and EBS also plan to construct a chain of solar power plants, including rooftop solar projects on government buildings, across the State of Punjab to generate nearly 1, 000 MW of power over the next two years.

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