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[-] worldwidewave@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] trailing9@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Desalination is cheap enough for human consumption. It can be too expensive to grow food but food can be imported.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 15 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately what they are doing is buying Agri land abroad and repatriating the goods.

[-] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] Squizzy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Well the Americans bend over for them and the Russians need them more, it's only China they have to behave for.

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Solar powered greenhouses and desalination.

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