Comparison of proposed mile high tower in Saudi Arabia

The owner of the Savoy Hotel in London, Prince al-Walid bin Talal, is proposing a Mile High Tower in a sea port town near Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. This building, if it is even possible, would be more than twice the height of its nearest competitor.

Estimated to cost approximately $10 Billion dollars to construct, this building will likely put all engineering theories to the test. I can’t even begin to think how the engineers will handle issues such as counterweights and building systems.

On a personal level, I think this is as just excessive and completely unneccessary. I wonder what the carbon footprint of this thing is. I’d hate to have to calculate that too.