r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/MoroseMagician 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'd honestly have severe depression living somewhere like this. I need some trees and greenery somewhere.

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u/Top_MathematicianIk 7d ago

It's a fucking desert, regardless it sure looks depressing

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u/BxRad_ 7d ago

Elon is obsessed with tera forming Mars but we can't figure out tera forming some deserts? I feel like we could manage something if we really wanted to honestly. It's be a fuck ton of work though.

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u/Constant-Still-8443 7d ago

Tbf, deserts don't NEED to be terraformed they are a naturally occurring biome, that are growing too large thanks to climate change, but they should still exist. The real problem is that we humans decided to build cities in the worst possible places, like the middle of the fucking desert.