As you know the peninsula of Arabia is a bone dry desert, but it sits atop a 10,000 year old aquifer. In the quest for food independence, the kingdom tried to imitate
the center pivot irrigators that are used so succesfully in America (you can see them from the air as green circles that cover a quarter section.
As you know the peninsula of Arabia is a bone dry desert, but it sits atop a 10,000 year old aquifer. In the quest for food independence, the kingdom tried to imitate
the center pivot irrigators that are used so succesfully in America (you can see them from the air as green circles that cover a quarter section.
What they did though is cause the land to sink, and their attempt at self sustaining food production was a failure and they have no choice but to import. Their water needs have apparently exhausted the aquifer, and they spent millions building the worlds largest reverse osmosis plant on the shores of the red sea, and billions to maintain it and replace the salt clogged filters.
All it takes to bring the Kingdom to it's knees is for a hacker to destroy the desalinization plant.
As you know the peninsula of Arabia is a bone dry desert, but it sits atop a 10,000 year old aquifer. In the quest for food independence, the kingdom tried to imitate
the center pivot irrigators that are used so succesfully in America (you can see them from the air as green circles that cover a quarter section.
What they did though is cause the land to sink, and their attempt at self sustaining food production was a failure and they have no choice but to import. Their water needs have apparently exhausted the aquifer, and they spent millions building the worlds largest reverse osmosis plant on the shores of the red sea, and billions to maintain it and replace the salt clogged filters.
All it takes to bring the Kingdom to it's knees is for a hacker to destroy the desalinization plant.