تحريرها كلها ممكن to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml • 4 months ago[image] Riyadh (population 7.6 million) is finally getting a metro. Initially scheduled for 2018, after successive delays it will open early this yearlemmy.mlimagemessage-square6arrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1image[image] Riyadh (population 7.6 million) is finally getting a metro. Initially scheduled for 2018, after successive delays it will open early this yearlemmy.mlتحريرها كلها ممكن to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml • 4 months agomessage-square6
minus-square@xmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•4 months agoAs much as I celebrate metros… This city is built in the middle of a desert and only exists because of an immense amount of oil being burned to power gigantic desalination plants. It is hardly sustainable even with a metro. That said, metro is better than no metro.
minus-square@quo@feddit.uklinkfedilink0•4 months agohttps://youtu.be/sHmib-hSkbQ Saudi Arabia just built a solar powered desalination plant, and they are investing in much more renewable infrastructure.
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكنOPlinkfedilink0•4 months agoRiyadh existed long before oil. This 6th century poet is from modern-day Riyadh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-A'sha
minus-square@xmunk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•4 months agoOh, certainly, but the geography can’t come anywhere near supporting 7 million people.
As much as I celebrate metros… This city is built in the middle of a desert and only exists because of an immense amount of oil being burned to power gigantic desalination plants. It is hardly sustainable even with a metro.
That said, metro is better than no metro.
https://youtu.be/sHmib-hSkbQ
Saudi Arabia just built a solar powered desalination plant, and they are investing in much more renewable infrastructure.
Riyadh existed long before oil. This 6th century poet is from modern-day Riyadh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-A'sha
Oh, certainly, but the geography can’t come anywhere near supporting 7 million people.