Saudi Arabia Shelves Work on SoftBank’s $200B Solar Project
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> An alternative plan is to be announced in late October 18.
SA/MBS & Softbank are making some big bets and are being pretty agile about it IMO, this isn't another big project that's out of date by the time they get going on it...
At this point though the main expense is not the panels but the more complex task of logistics, operational, etc.
It could also generate a lot of jobs for Saudi citizens but I do not think the average Saudi would be interested doing the job of installing solar panels.
Solar is a really good bet for the Saudis, they just need to execute it well.
Same reason as the US and farm workers, natives don’t want to do it.
$30 an hour and I'd do it. Immigrants do it because the cost of living in their country is like 10 times less than in USA. They sacrifice for x years, almost live off the grid here until they build a house, open a business and stay in their country.
Yeah, a guy I worked with was from Saudi Arabia, he noted that most people wanted to get a comfortable government job and ... not do a great deal.
The education systems is still unfocused as far as being a competitive worker goes, a lot of people he felt were unambitious.
He seemed very concerned about the future / why he worked so hard to leave.