Saudi says The Line will be the world's first 'eco-city.' Construction and design specialists aren't so sure.
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
54% : It's part of Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 plan to reorient the country's economy away from fossil fuels, which are the source of its wealth, toward innovation, technology, and tourism.49% : While megaprojects like Neom are part of a plan to pivot Saudi's economy away from fossil fuels, the projects are still largely funded by the country's vast oil revenues.
38% : Lovgreen pointed to issues "such as disrupting natural habitats, carbon emissions from building materials, and the transferring of these materials to areas remote from where they are produced.
35% : Experts told BI that these plans offered exciting solutions for issues like urban sprawl, excessive carbon emissions, and inefficient energy use.
33% : ""These little efforts that they're making are supposed to compensate for the massive percentage of dirty energy that they're producing," he said.Representatives for Neom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.