King Abdullah of Jordan is probably the world's richest Star Trek fan, which explains why he's able to drop the GDP of Burundi on a theme park to celebrate his pop culture obsession.

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The good news is that the theme park will also be a showcase for cleantech, and will run on some kind of non-specified "green" power.

To which we say: "lupDujHomwIj lubuy'moH gharghmey!" Which is Klingon for "my hovercraft is full of eels."

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