tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310535410154673578.post6569929626854931941..comments2024-03-18T18:23:58.356+01:00Comments on Atom Watch: Nuclear energy best option for Gulf states: expertsAlexandra Prokopenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13558622592614895887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310535410154673578.post-90917868588297121132008-05-28T16:40:00.000+02:002008-05-28T16:40:00.000+02:00This same balance of trade payments issue was also...This same balance of trade payments issue was also a factor for Mexico in the 1970's when they built Laguna Verde. Yes there is likely a security issue (i.e., Iran's centrifuges), but certainly the economic component plays in to the decision.rsmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665261048706436616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1310535410154673578.post-57916894142891544242008-05-27T20:42:00.000+02:002008-05-27T20:42:00.000+02:00I was just having a conservation on a message boar...I was just having a conservation on a message board.. and I noted as natural gas is having markets, like LNG tankers shipping it to new terminals... and natural gas liquids projects becoming viable with high oil prices..<BR/><BR/>The gulf arabs don't want to burn that valuable natural gas if they can sell it for so much. So thus if they can go nuclear and displace gas being burned. Years back they couldn't sell their natural gas except to other gulf nations, so they might as well burn it for electricity.<BR/><BR/>--aa2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com