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minus-squareworldwidewave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoFood and fresh water
minus-squaretrailing9@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoDesalination is cheap enough for human consumption. It can be too expensive to grow food but food can be imported.
minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year 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-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year 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.
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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.
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Solar powered greenhouses and desalination.