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I grew up in Libya during the building of the GMMR.

I still remember the size of the pipes and the amount of trucks hauling them. One truck one pipe.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nubian_Sandstone_Aquifer_Sys...

The Korean companies building the project were massive. They would build a double lane road. One side would be used exclusively for one direction pipe supplies and machines. Eventually when the section completed they would just open the road as a public highway. This really helped Libya build up reach and infrastructure. The truck lines were endless... We are talking km long here...

Eventually when the water reached the coast, I remember I was in Benghazi then. It was good and drinkable from the spring ( this is usually not possible since the water is still salty from the sea) after about a week the sweet water stopped because they started mixing it with the old supply to conserve the desert supplies, the water amount in the desert was over estimated...

All in all Libya was a great country. My family moved to Europe and I remember how much miss information there was about Libya. The 2012 happened...

Ama about the GMMR. I ll try to answer as best as I can and remember.



I am pretty sure I deleted this comment. I waited 20 min and the comment never showed up. Then I assumed I am shadowbanned or something on this account because of negative karma.... So I deleted this and posted it on the other account.

Appologies for the mess up.

Another thing ? How can I request full account deletion from hacker news ?


Email hn@ycombinator.com for any moderation questions.


I guess you are being downvoted because you are saying that Libya was better off before Obama "saved" it.

Seriously fuck him for his warmongering, he should be rotting in jail for what he did.


Downvotes are because @thendrill made a copy paste comment from @Viker. Or may be that one is. Two profiles probably.


I've seen this a few times recently here - a comment being copy/pasted exactly for the same article. Is this something that's common but I've only just noticed, a coincidence or something else that's going on? Perhaps something Dang knows about.


Vikers comment has a bigger id number so maybe thats newer? Can we see exact timestamps? I cant find one on mobile.




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