zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 9 months agoSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareworldwidewave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-29 months agoFood and fresh water
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoDesalination is cheap enough for human consumption. It can be too expensive to grow food but food can be imported.
minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoI would actually love to see Saudi Arabia take the lead on food engineering. They might lack fresh water, but they have immense amounts of land and sun to play with. The only alternative I can see is a mass reforestation project.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoUnfortunately what they are doing is buying Agri land abroad and repatriating the goods.
minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoCapitalism 🤷♀️ That’s why the Saudi’s aren’t going to piss off the US, China, Russia, or India. Their strategy only works in peacetime.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWell the Americans bend over for them and the Russians need them more, it’s only China they have to behave for.
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoSolar powered greenhouses and desalination.
Food and fresh water
Desalination is cheap enough for human consumption. It can be too expensive to grow food but food can be imported.
I would actually love to see Saudi Arabia take the lead on food engineering. They might lack fresh water, but they have immense amounts of land and sun to play with.
The only alternative I can see is a mass reforestation project.
Unfortunately what they are doing is buying Agri land abroad and repatriating the goods.
Capitalism 🤷♀️
That’s why the Saudi’s aren’t going to piss off the US, China, Russia, or India. Their strategy only works in peacetime.
Well the Americans bend over for them and the Russians need them more, it’s only China they have to behave for.
Solar powered greenhouses and desalination.