Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by sunstone on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @07:45AM
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The sooner the world moves to renewables and stops pouring money into the volatile Middle East the sooner we can all sleep better.
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Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by 0xFFC on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:39AM
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As someone from Middle East I totally agree with this. Oil is basically element which finances waging war in Middle East by governments .
Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by lostmsu on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:06AM
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The sooner we get fusion you meant.
Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by r00fus on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @03:02PM
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Only 20-50 years away.
Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by tedeh on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:32AM
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I would not be so sure that would make the Middle East less volatile though...
Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by gkya on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:52AM
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Not really. Without oil the monarchies would struggle to survive. According to this article Qatar was just a poor city by the sea until oil was found: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/magazine/how-a-ransom-...
Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power
by jabl on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:26AM
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In the long term, if/when the world moves to non-fossil energy, then one could make an argument that, broadly speaking, the capability of ME nations to wage war would be commensurate with their non-oil economic power [1].
The question then, how are they going to reach that future equilibrium? Slowly and peacefully, or quickly and violently? Or even quicker with a nuclear Hail Mary pass?
[1] See how they all are scrambling to diversify their economies to not be as reliant on oil?