[lisper]

> Do you believe this would be worth it?

Absolutely.

> Do you think our society does not have sufficiently advances technology to start a self sustaining colony in the desert?

I think the jury is very much out on that question.

> I think it would be absolutely trivial

I think you underestimate how much humans depend on their connections to civilization.

Even surviving in benign environments (i.e. ones where water is available for free) for long periods of time is non-trivial.