It wouldn't be, the Australian deserts are actually super interesting and biodiverse but hydrating the desert has been a colonial desire/obsession in Australia for a long time. Still fun to see a Ghanian propose ideas on how it could be done though. I mostly found the humor in his use of patriot missiles as cost representation.

Edit: what is it with colonizers and "making deserts bloom" anyway?

the centre floods on occasion, but to permanently hydrate the interior would likely irrevocably fuck up huge amounts of the country.

not to mention that Lake Eyre and all the other lakes in north SA/west QLD are salt lakes that only fill on very long cycles in specific conditions, so just pumping water into them year round is probably gonna start a Salton Sea situation sooner rather than later. but following that, the flow on effects to climate cycles from rehydrating the Simpson desert could be really fucked (because it would be super unpredictable)