> in a climate-change-drought-crippled land that has become populated well above its agricultural carrying capacity There was a recent HN article about Israel'

> in a climate-change-drought-crippled land that has become populated well above its agricultural carrying capacity There was a recent HN article about Israel's progress with desalination[1]. Obvious funding issues aside, I wonder if that approach could ease some of the water issues? Perhaps that kind of investment would be a good use for the oil income, whilst they've still got it. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12191089 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12191089