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2011-02-19 Arabia
Kingdom seeks share of $100 billion climate aid boodle
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Posted by Fred 2011-02-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Clearly they need to take their education up another level. Did nobody think of harvesting sunlight in the desert and storing it in batteries to sell? There'd be the initial investment in solar panels and batteries (possibly have them made in Yemen -- but only in the morning, or in Egypt, for solidarity reasons.
Posted by trailing wife 2011-02-19 01:28||   2011-02-19 01:28|| Front Page Top

#2 This is nonsense. All the Arab Gulf States have been aware that there is going to be oil income disruption, sooner or later, for at least 20 years. That is why they have all been building huge airport hubs, lots of tourism, and trying to figure out any other way to make a living once their oil money runs out.

In fact, since some of their great schemes have turned into disasters, they are about to the second generation of schemes.
Posted by  Anonymoose 2011-02-19 09:14||   2011-02-19 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 Moose -

That is why they have all been building huge airport hubs, lots of tourism, and trying to figure out any other way to make a living once their oil money runs out.

FWIW, that's a big problem for the Saudis - they don't do tourism in any way, shape or form. And that is actually a shame - I've been there, and though I wasn't exactly welcomed like a long lost relative, I was treated correctly and politely. On top of that, there is some truly beautiful scenery there. Tourism would probably help moderate the Saudis a bit, but knowing the way many tourists behave (including, regrettably, Americans) it would probably just drive them a bit deeper into their shell.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-02-19 09:52||   2011-02-19 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Climate change aid? So where is the most of the money coming from? I suspect the U.S. A scheme for "income redistribution." More social justice garbage. Forget about it, we've got more important problems in the U.S. to straighten out. Do the Saudi's not have enough of our money? The average income is fairly high in the magic Kingdom. They don't need outside money to deal with climate change formerly known as global warming.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-02-19 10:45||   2011-02-19 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm sure Obama will support this proposal ...
Posted by CincinnatusChili 2011-02-19 11:52||   2011-02-19 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 That's like paying farmers not to farm.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-02-19 14:47||   2011-02-19 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 "That's like paying farmers not to farm."

Not exactly, grom. It's like paying rich guys not to "farm" the land they weren't going to farm anyway. :-(
Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-19 14:53||   2011-02-19 14:53|| Front Page Top

#8 It really pisses me off that a nation, no wait make that a cuture that has benefited from the oil economy simply by being in the right place at the right time is also going to be a big winner in solar power generation that like it or not will come to pass. And with the money they have been making they should og been able to develop this them selves. Instead they build BS projects to spread the wealth
Posted by Cheaderhead 2011-02-19 15:38||   2011-02-19 15:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Saudis - they don't do tourism

The Sauds control the greatest tourism scam on earth. It's called the haj.
Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-19 19:33||   2011-02-19 19:33|| Front Page Top

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