tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post1240593452671972012..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: The Iran Nuclear DealUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-20079967132696771522015-04-06T15:54:30.199-04:002015-04-06T15:54:30.199-04:00blissex,
I have found no evidence to support your...blissex,<br /><br />I have found no evidence to support your claim that Iranian oil reserves are lower than reported. It remains one of the central members of OPEC and for good reason. That said, it is not unreasonable for even an oil power to develop alternative sources of energy, particularly ones that are cleaner than fossil fuel-based ones. And, despite its bad rep, that includes nuclear energy. Heck, should the US just use coal for its energy given how large our reserves are?<br /><br />In that regard, I think that Isreali opposition to the deal reflects Netannyahu's obsession about Iran that he has exhibited since the 90s. I guess he really believes it, although an alternative theory would say that it is a matter of political expedicency to keep himself in power by hyping up fear over the nonexistent Iranian nuclear weapons program among the Israeli population.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-87689675822456826252015-04-05T18:37:29.306-04:002015-04-05T18:37:29.306-04:00«not only is Iran a party to the Nuclear Non-Proli...«not only is Iran a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty»<br /><br />There is a vital detail here that the Iranians are not really willing to mention, despite everything, and very few people mention for some strange reasons.<br /><br />Many people will be suspicious of the Iranian claim that they want to develop nuclear power technology and a full nuclear fuel chain, as it is their right under the NPT, because Iran is an oil exporting state, why do they need nuclear power, they wonder.<br /><br />The problem is that from several sources and circumstantial evidence the oil reserves of Iran are much smaller than officially claimed, and are going to run out much sooner than expected, as oil consumption by Iran itself is growing fast as oil products are heavily subsidized as in most oil rich countries, and like most oil countries Iran have also heavily subsidized an overpopulation explosion, with ever greater demands for water and food, and most of Iran is a desert.<br /><br />If the Iranians don't develop alternative energy sources their economy and population is going to collapse when the oil runs out, and even before that.<br /><br />They are pursuing nuclear energy as an act of desperate and urgent need, as both them and the USA and Israel governments surely know very well.<br /><br />Which makes me suspect that the real reason the current Israel government want to prevent Iran to develop civilian nuclear power sources as the NPT entitles them to is precisely to ensure that the economy of Iran collapses when the oil runs out.<br /><br />To give an idea of the situation with oil producing countries having shrinking reserves and growing oil consumption for internal use, not many years ago SAUDI ARABIA announced that they wanted to build many nuclear power stations to avoid consuming oil for internal use, for example to power desalinisation plants for drinking water, as the Saudi population has ballooned and without desalinisation they have grossly exceed the carrying capacity of Arabia which is a desert. And Saudi Arabia has lots more oil reserves than Iran.<br /><br />www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/02/151472.html<br />«Saudi Arabia plans to build 16 nuclear power reactors by 2030, which could potentially cost more than $100 billion.<br />The Kingdom and its Gulf neighbors regard nuclear power as a way to meet rising electricity demand while reducing reliance on polluting fossil fuels, a Saudi-based newspaper reported on Wednesday.»Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com