Monday September 11, 2006

Arabs urged to develop nuclear energy

peakoil.com -> gulfnews.com :

The head of the Gulf Cooperation Council urged Arabs to assume proactive roles in the development of nuclear energy. The GCC Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah said cooperation programmes must be launched instead of remaining idle or depending on other states.

"It is time for serious work and for starting Arab nuclear cooperation which we see as a vital future necessity," he said. "This will enable us to launch an Arab programme for nuclear energy that could be used in several areas, including medicine, agriculture, industry and science," he said. The programme would also help the creation of a reserve backup for other sources of energy such as oil and gas, he added.

- This is scary and do you know why? The Gulf Cooperation Council consists of the following countries : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates - in other words, these are the big guns of the Middle East oil exporters. If the countries with the largest oil production and reserves are looking to fall back on nuclear power, that's saying a lot.

(2006-09-11 17:14:43 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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