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@zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects

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Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects

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@zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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Saudi Arabia predicts budget deficit as it funnels money into gigaprojects | Financial Times
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Preliminary budget statement pares growth forecast for this year to 0.03%
  • @trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    6•2 years ago

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

    • @zephyreks@programming.dev
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      15•2 years 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
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        3•2 years ago

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

        • @zephyreks@programming.dev
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          1•2 years 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
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            1•2 years ago

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

      • Jim East
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        2•3 months ago

        Properly scaled up, this type of community reforestation effort could work.

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