I 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.
replySome over stuff whhich are cool to read about:
Redirecting Siberian rivers into Central Asia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_reversal
Redirecting Congo basin rivers to replenish Lake Chad 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
(Similar ideas proposed for Lake Eyre, the lakes in Tunisia, and the Afar Depression in Djibouti, too).
The 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.
replyA comparison that only works if you say it and sink a few billion into foundations for said catapult.
replyThat’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.
replySpeaking of shitting on Dubai have they built any plumbing yet or are they still trucking their sewage out of town?
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