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Slightly different idea to take Red Sea water, concentrate it, and flow into the Dead Sea to stabilize the water level in the Dead Sea which is a big problem. A
by dirt_like 4mo ago
Slightly different idea to take Red Sea water, concentrate it, and flow into the Dead Sea to stabilize the water level in the Dead Sea which is a big problem. A billion or so was spent but the project is on hold for some combination of financial, political and environmental issues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea%E2%80%93Dead_Sea_Water_Conveyance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea%E2%80%93Dead_Sea_Water...
- gaiagraphia 4mo agoI love projects like this. A shame the west has handed over the baton to the Chinese and Saudis when it comes to actually being daring with megaprojects. Some over stuff whhich are cool to read about: Redirecting Siberian rivers into Central Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_reversal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_reversal Redirecting Congo basin rivers to replenish Lake Chad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad_replenishment_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chad_replenishment_projec... Filling in a depression in Egyptian Sahara desert and fllooding it with Mediterrraanean water to generate huuuuuuuuuuuuge hydro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qattara_Depression_Project (Similar ideas proposed for Lake Eyre, the lakes in Tunisia, and the Afar Depression in Djibouti, too).
- AlexandrB 4mo agoThe Saudis aren't "daring" with megaprojects. They're fucking[1] stupid[2]. Saying their megaprojects are "daring" is like saying I'm "daring" for claiming I'm going to build a catapult that will launch me to the moon. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojena https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojena [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Line,_Saudi_Arabia
- defrost 4mo agoA comparison that only works if you say it and sink a few billion into foundations for said catapult.
- dyauspitr 4mo agoThat’s what daring means. You try things that do not guarantee success. I remember a decade of people shitting on Dubai for all of the crazy projects it was building. It really paid off for them (pre Iran war). They made something out of nothing and still are. What’s stupid about a kilometer high tower? It’s fucking awesome.
- jazzyjackson 4mo agoSpeaking of shitting on Dubai have they built any plumbing yet or are they still trucking their sewage out of town?
- dyauspitr 4mo agoStill trucking but that’s another attempt at diminishing some pretty great achievements. Turning a sterile, hot piece of sand into a “destination” isn’t easy but they managed to do it. Do you bring up lead pipes and police violence every time someone talks about the US?
- gaiagraphia 4mo agoI wonder how many times the UK and USA had to 'be stupid' to achieve some of their best achievements? When curiosity gets replaced by bureaucracy and regs, you know a civ is dead..