zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoSaudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojectswww.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down15
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minus-squarezephyreks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 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-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoUnfortunately what they are doing is buying Agri land abroad and repatriating the goods.
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-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell the Americans bend over for them and the Russians need them more, it’s only China they have to behave for.
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.