Qatar's Plans to Turn the Desert Green Will Leave You Astonished

[MooshMoosh]

I didn't know about this so I wanna share it.

Feeding 9 Billion: Turning the Desert Green: Qatar is trying to solve problems for desert people worldwide. But will the solution work?

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Petroleum-rich Qatar is spearheading projects to tackle the problems facing desert communities worldwide; from energy to fresh water and food production. But does their expensive, high-tech solution make sense?

"Qatar in many ways is ground zero for a lot of the challenges we're going to see in the century ahead", argues US ex-pat Jonathan Smith, from the Qatar National Food Program. Soaring temperatures, swelling populations and minimal rainfall plague the otherwise booming nation. Now its leaders are pushing ambitious experiments like the Sahara Forest Project, transforming seawater and sunlight into fresh water, vegetables, electricity, biofuel and animal feed. "The techniques we're developing here can be applied in many regions in the world", the project scientists insist.

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[senheiser]

instead giving their money to starving africans and Egypts or Syrian refugees they waste it on all kind of unnecessary gimmick, people would benefit more from factories producing stuff instead receiving

 

[TeesraIndiotHunter]

I have seen this long time ago.

If this works, then Arab World could have well-over 1 billion people..since it will have enough resources to support them

 

[Pak_Sher]

Good initiative.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

instead giving their money to starving africans and Egypts or Syrian refugees they waste it on all kind of unnecessary gimmick, people would benefit more from factories producing stuff instead receiving

All of these charitable works were given prior to the issue in this topic.

You've to admit that you're deadly jealous though

 

[Falcon29]

All of these charitable works were given prior to the issue in this topic.

You've to admit that you're deadly jealous though

Actually it's you that's jealous, Saudi Arabia isn't on good terms with Qatar lately. It's because Saudi Arabia wants everybody to support dictatorial military regimes and monarchies while all other nations in the gulf have to follow their lead. It seems Qatar is not into that.

 

[Falcon29]

@Yzd Khalifa

What the heck are you doing this late in Saudi Arabia? Don't you have any friends to see tomorrow morning? Go to sleep.

You're still awake! What are you doing!!?? @Yzd Khalifa

Is the boyfriend not there to comfort you?