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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by paxys on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:12PM (#22925925)
People (justifiably) criticize the middle-eastern countries for a lot of things, but they are all aware that all the oil revenue is eventually going to dry up. Most of them have been hard at work transforming their economies for decades, not an easy thing to do when you're in the middle of a desert.
Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by phyalow on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:51PM (#22929047)
They havent been transforming in a remotely sustainable manner, Softbank, Neom etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom

Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by philjohn on Monday April 20, 2020 @05:00PM (#22928495)
Sounds like a great place to put massive solar farms ...
Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by ccozan on Monday April 20, 2020 @06:03PM (#22929191)
...to power desalinization plants.