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Geopolitics is less of an issue because Morocco holds some of the largest deposits of phosphates in the world - a key component of fertilizers. If Morocco were
by Tade0 4y ago
Geopolitics is less of an issue because Morocco holds some of the largest deposits of phosphates in the world - a key component of fertilizers.
If Morocco were too unstable for partnerships of this kind, the world would have been fucked already.
Ultimately the biggest argument for is as usual: price. You can make this nearly as available and definitely less expensive than the ongoing European nuclear power projects, except maybe for that power plant in Belarus.
- HopenHeyHi 4y agoYou want to look at actual exports by country not reserves. Afghanistan is sitting on a couple trillion in minerals but you aren't getting that out reliably any time soon.
- Tade0 4y agoMorocco is currently one of the world's leading fertilizer exporters - they're using their own resources now instead of exporting raw material: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278057/export-value-fertilizers-worldwide-by-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/1278057/export-value-fer...
- scyzoryk_xyz 4y agoI’ve been to Morocco. They have a king who has a policy of investment into tourism industry and openness to visitors. Beautiful country, generally friendly people.
- Tade0 4y agoI think most of the bad reputation they have in Europe is there mostly due to people who never lived in Morocco. Or maybe it's the same effect as with the Schengen expansion: all the troublemakers moved west.
- fmajid 4y agoPhosphorous is the gating element for life, and probably the single most important natural resource: https://phys.org/news/2022-12-phosphorus-disruptedwe-sleepwalking-global-food.html https://phys.org/news/2022-12-phosphorus-disruptedwe-sleepwa...