[andscoop]

If Saudi Arabia wants to launder its reputation, they should be working harder to solve climate change.

This project is estimated at 1trillion. With that sort of investment they could become the de facto energy brokers of the world. Selling both the poison and the cure as we wean off of oil.

[superchroma]

One gets the impression that they don't particularly know what they want and seem to just halfheartedly leap at whatever latest vision that is pitched to them.

[pydry]

This is pretty much exactly what Id expect from an overgrown child running a country who believes murdering people is his birthright.

[mytailorisrich]

Saudi Arabia has the money, land, and climate to be the world leader in solar energy. And with that desalination tech, desert/vertical farming, etc. There are so many things they could do in they were interested in them.

They have some beautiful landscapes, too.

[lastofthemojito]

The Saudis have put quite a bit of money into Lucid Motors: https://www.lucidmotors.com/stories/lucid-signs-1bn-investme...

Not sure that's enough to move the needle on Saudi's reputation but maybe if they continue investing in EV projects and get some wins they can talk those up.

[cududa]

And it’ll come with sweeping vistas of a barren waste land