zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1106arrow-down1external-linkSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 年前message-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前Desalination is cheap enough for human consumption. It can be too expensive to grow food but food can be imported.
minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 年前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.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前Unfortunately what they are doing is buying Agri land abroad and repatriating the goods.
minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前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.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Well the Americans bend over for them and the Russians need them more, it’s only China they have to behave for.
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.