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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.
by sunstone 9y ago
The sooner the world moves to renewables and stops pouring money into the volatile Middle East the sooner we can all sleep better.
- tedeh 9y agoI would not be so sure that would make the Middle East less volatile though...
- gkya 9y agoNot 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-for-royal-falconers-reshaped-the-middle-east.html https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/magazine/how-a-ransom-...
- jabl 9y agoIn 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?
- 0xFFC 9y agoAs someone from Middle East I totally agree with this. Oil is basically element which finances waging war in Middle East by governments .
- lostmsu 9y agoThe sooner we get fusion you meant.
- r00fus 9y agoOnly 20-50 years away.