In three
weeks, the World Energy Congress meets in Rome
to address "The Energy Future in an
Interdependent World." The Middle East
and North African (MENA) nations are interconnected
today linked across borders via gas pipelines,
electric grids, telecommunications, the Internet
and global finance.
Today, the MENA nations are engaged in a
critical and delicate discussion — should
they follow Iran's lead and develop nuclear
energy? This decision is one that will forever
change the geo-political dynamic of the region.
But there is a more sophisticated and elegant
option!
While all MENA nations now utilize fossil fuels
for domestic use and export income, the region
receives enough solar radiation to power all
the electrical needs of the world, many times
over! So why go nuclear? It is expensive,
creates toxic waste, and sets up a regional
arms race.
Recently, the 4th MENA Renewable Energy Conference
met in Syria and signed a key agreement. The
Damascus Declaration "supports the use
of all forms of renewable energy and in particular
large scale renewable energy systems, such as
solar thermal and wind, in the MENA countries
to satisfy their own energy needs as well as
to export to European countries."
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