Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and other Arab countries will have to turn to nuclear power, so let’s address it wisely—today.
a French firm to conduct site assessments last year. At some point, the U.S. must realize that Arab countries are going to build nuclear power facilities to save their economies. It is up to the U.S. and its closest allies to convince these non-hostile Middle East countries to ensure that the technology can be used only for peaceful activities.
Some people argue that nuclear power is not necessary in a region rich with oil and sun, but these assessments are not accurate. Oil will run out. Saudi Arabia has larger oil reserves than any other Middle East country, and its oil is expected to run out in about 70 years. Currently, Saudi Arabia generates just under 40 percent of its electricity by burning oil. This is a waste of the economic resource and burning oil for electricity is also horribly unfriendly to the environment.
These countries can use natural gas, and they are doing so more and more. Twenty years ago, Saudi Arabia’s power generation was almost all from oil, and now more than 60 percent is from natural gas. But natural gas is also a commodity that is better used in the open market. Burning gas—or oil—is like throwing money away.sources of electricity in the world are coal and hydropower, but the region is deficient of coal deposits, and parts of the Middle East cannot use hydropower.
Therefore, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and other Arab countries will eventually turn to nuclear power—out of necessity. It would be unrealistic for the U.S. to try to stop it. Instead, the U.S. should work with these countries to ensure that they are not involved in mining uranium or enriching uranium and that they do not control the nuclear technologies.
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