[extropy-chat] nuclear non-proliferation as energy strategy ?

[Samantha Atkins]

The freaking out is more likely to be about Iranian plans to create a  
Euro dominated oil market (bourse)  in March.  At least that is  
likely to be a source of the US freaking out.  Any major move to oil  
no longer being sold in terms of US currency would be very  
destabilizing for the dollar.

- s

On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:52 AM, Brian Lee wrote:

> It is possible to have nuke plants without weapons refining  
> capability. I don't think it's the nuclear power that US/EU is  
> freakng out about. It's Iran having the ability to create weapans  
> grade plutonium along with nuclear power.
>
> BAL
>
>> From: user <user at dhp.com>
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>> Subject: [extropy-chat] nuclear non-proliferation as energy  
>> strategy ?
>> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:55:26 -0500 (EST)
>>
>>
>> Lost in a lot of the Iran nuke coverage was an overture by the  
>> Russian
>> government to essentially co-locate the Iranian refinement centers  
>> inside
>> of Russia.  It would allow Iran to do the work they are purporting  
>> to do,
>> while keeping the refinement (and potential weapons) out of their  
>> hands.
>>
>> All well and good.
>>
>> I am curious though ... if the world truly is moving away from fossil
>> fuels and (perhaps) towards more and more technologically advanced  
>> forms
>> of nuclear power ... what does that mean for the balance of energy  
>> haves
>> and have nots when the major industrialized nations, under the  
>> guise of
>> the UN and IAEA, etc., can limit the use of those technologies ?
>>
>> Is it perhaps an unintended consequence of nuclear non- 
>> proliferation that
>> only rich, developed countries will have access to modern forms of  
>> energy
>> production ?
>>
>> Is it perhaps _not_ an unintended consequence ?  Do the US and EU  
>> dream
>> of selling electricity to arabs for petrodollars ?
>>
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