Saudi Arabia has ambitious green energy goals, aiming to go carbon neutral by 2060. But what does that mean for their fossil-fuel production? Well, the Kingdom is aiming to have its cake and eat it too.

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Disclaimer: After our deadline in April 2024, reports emerged that Saudi officials had greatly reduced the proposed size of The Line for budgetary reasons. At the time of publishing, those reports have not been officially confirmed.

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Credits:
Reporter: Janek Speight
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Read more:
Saudi plan to artificially raise oil demand:
https://climate-reporting.org/undercover-saudi-arabia-keep-burning-oil/

Saudi Arabia's giga-projects:
https://www.pif.gov.sa/en/our-investments/giga-projects/

Karim Elgendy:
https://twitter.com/nomadandsettler

Jim Krane:
https://twitter.com/jimkrane

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:10 Birth of an oil nation
02:28 Clean energy goals
08:05 True intentions