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	Comments on: Rooftop grass a substitute for civil engineering?	</title>
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		By: Ben of Houston		</title>
		<link>https://junkscience.com/2011/11/rooftop-grass-a-substitute-for-civil-engineering/#comment-5246</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben of Houston]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s actually not a bad idea if you can get something out of it. The enjoyment that can come from a rooftop vista or rose garden can be worth the cost. 

As for stormwater, those numbers are ridiculous. Open ground doesn&#039;t absorb that much, much less shallow flower boxes or cracked concrete. Besides, runoff isn&#039;t a problem. The only problem is if you don&#039;t maintain your sanitary sewer, but the permeable concrete will make that problem worse.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s actually not a bad idea if you can get something out of it. The enjoyment that can come from a rooftop vista or rose garden can be worth the cost. </p>
<p>As for stormwater, those numbers are ridiculous. Open ground doesn&#8217;t absorb that much, much less shallow flower boxes or cracked concrete. Besides, runoff isn&#8217;t a problem. The only problem is if you don&#8217;t maintain your sanitary sewer, but the permeable concrete will make that problem worse.</p>
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		By: William H. Gathercole and Norah G		</title>
		<link>https://junkscience.com/2011/11/rooftop-grass-a-substitute-for-civil-engineering/#comment-5245</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William H. Gathercole and Norah G]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the City of Vancouver, there is an entire industry devoted to the maintenance of rooftop landscapes, including mowing.

One of the NORAHG contributors lives right across from John Travolta&#039;s two-storey summit apartment with a landscaped garden and forty-foot shade tree.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the City of Vancouver, there is an entire industry devoted to the maintenance of rooftop landscapes, including mowing.</p>
<p>One of the NORAHG contributors lives right across from John Travolta&#8217;s two-storey summit apartment with a landscaped garden and forty-foot shade tree.</p>
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		By: Stan B		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stan B]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Who provides the labor for keeping these rooftop lawns &quot;cut?&quot;  We all know Yard Work is one of those jobs &quot;Americans won&#039;t do!&quot;  ;-)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who provides the labor for keeping these rooftop lawns &#8220;cut?&#8221;  We all know Yard Work is one of those jobs &#8220;Americans won&#8217;t do!&#8221;  😉</p>
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