Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 8 months agoThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down13 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1572arrow-down1imageThe Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeriash.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to pics@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square51fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePyr_Pressurelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 months agoI wonder if someone could get super insanely rich by building a pipeline to the middle of the desert from the ocean, digging a giant hole and building a beach resort on formerly worthless land.
minus-squarefrostwhitewolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·8 months agoYou’re basically describing Dubai
minus-squaretrolololol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoDubai is over the sea, no need for long pipes
minus-squareHaruAjsuru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·8 months agoI think you should be already super rich to build the giant pipe tho
minus-squareevranchlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoNah you just need to find some suckers idiots investors who want in on this innovative and brilliant idea. Then honestly you don’t even have to build the pipe
minus-squareRodeolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYou can only steal investor money if you’re already rich and the investment is coming from the government.
minus-squareevranchlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoNah, it’s easy as this project would be like most mining startups - you just need a liar and a hole in the ground
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoIt’s easy to pretend to be rich. Ferrari rentals are actually pretty cheap.
minus-squarelemmefixdat4u@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoRealistically, a project importing sea water inland would likely salt up the freshwater aquifer beneath the desert…creating more desert - elsewhere.
I wonder if someone could get super insanely rich by building a pipeline to the middle of the desert from the ocean, digging a giant hole and building a beach resort on formerly worthless land.
You’re basically describing Dubai
Dubai is over the sea, no need for long pipes
I think you should be already super rich to build the giant pipe tho
Nah you just need to find some
suckersidiotsinvestors who want in on this innovative and brilliant idea.Then honestly you don’t even have to build the pipe
You can only steal investor money if you’re already rich and the investment is coming from the government.
Nah, it’s easy as this project would be like most mining startups - you just need a liar and a hole in the ground
It’s easy to pretend to be rich. Ferrari rentals are actually pretty cheap.
laughs in Salton Sea
Realistically, a project importing sea water inland would likely salt up the freshwater aquifer beneath the desert…creating more desert - elsewhere.