I remember reading a similar story a few years ago about the Saudis buying up water in Arizona, too -- and look, here it is tonight on the home page of the Washington Post. To those who study planetary cycles, these stories are right on schedule. Water shortages -- and who deserves to control these precious resources -- would be expected to be in the news at this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/16/fondomonte-arizona-drought-saudi-farm-water/
This is astonishing, Whitney! The water situation is bad in the UK but I had no idea that the Saudis owned Californian water... or that they owned massive dairies in the desert. I used to live in Kuwait as a child, there was no fresh milk then, because as you point out, cows are not native to the desert. This is not progress. It is all about profit. Or rather, greed, which is, as always, destructive. Btw we have had two weeks of torrential rain here in Ireland but our water supplies are in a terrible state because they are not maintained adequately. 🤷♀️
I remember reading a similar story a few years ago about the Saudis buying up water in Arizona, too -- and look, here it is tonight on the home page of the Washington Post. To those who study planetary cycles, these stories are right on schedule. Water shortages -- and who deserves to control these precious resources -- would be expected to be in the news at this time. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/16/fondomonte-arizona-drought-saudi-farm-water/
This is astonishing, Whitney! The water situation is bad in the UK but I had no idea that the Saudis owned Californian water... or that they owned massive dairies in the desert. I used to live in Kuwait as a child, there was no fresh milk then, because as you point out, cows are not native to the desert. This is not progress. It is all about profit. Or rather, greed, which is, as always, destructive. Btw we have had two weeks of torrential rain here in Ireland but our water supplies are in a terrible state because they are not maintained adequately. 🤷♀️