“Saudis are keenly aware of the price of global warming—we live in a desert—and of the fact that oil is a limited resource. That’s why the crown prince’s signature NEOM project, which involves the creation of a new technologically-advanced city in the desert, is also the single largest potential investment in urban green energy concepts on the planet, with a current budget of $500 billion. By contrast, the price tag on Biden’s discretionary green energy initiatives this year is less than a tenth of that number—$44.9 billion, according to the White House. If your goal is clean energy, NEOM should be your partner—not China’s partner.” 

-Mohammed Khalid Alyahya, visiting fellow at Hudson Institute and the former editor-in-chief of Al Arabiya English. [National Interest]