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yosito on June 3, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rice grown using seawater in Dubai’s deserts

IIRC there's some kind of Evangelical prophecy about the ability to grow food in the desert being a sign of the apocalypse. This should go well with Trump's stance on Israel and unpredictability regarding nuclear strategy. ಠ_ಠ

orf on June 3, 2018 [–]

People have been growing food in California for a long, long time though.

kakwa_ on June 3, 2018 | [–]

Not only California.

The same could be said for Saudi Arabia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrigation_in_Saudi_Arabia#/me...

(and also in Libya IIRC)

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