Iran sits on the worlds 2nd largest oil reserve, so why would they be developing nuclear power for energy?

Question

Isn't that sort of like plowing over your corn field to build a baseball stadium? If they build it will Allah come?

The point here is it is the height of naiveness and/or stupidity to believe that Iran's Nuclear ambition is purely humanitarian. If your single largest product is oil you don't promote altenative forms of energy. Their entire GDP is made up of oil that is what makes them, you don't abandon that. Do you see Saudi developing other sources of energy?

Yeah they're environmentalists. Give me a friggin break. If you don't have the technology to use your natural resources don't you think you use your research to develop that instead of to develop a completely new source of energy which doesn't even replace most of the uses for gas?

Answer 1

obviously they're becoming nuclear capable so they get to play with the big boys.

I shudder to think of how Iran would operate if they were able to threaten everyone with a nuclear weapon. They'd essentially hold the world hostage every time they wanted something.

Instead of playing cowboy in a country who poses 0 threat to us, why haven't we concentrated on the Iran's and N. Korea's of the world?

Answer 2

They need nuclear power because even though they have alot of oil, they don't have the refinery capacity to produce it-like us. They still import over 50% of their gasoline. That being said, I believe they want to be a middle east power broker and want a nuclear bomb to threaten or destroy Israel-at the very least to push their weight around. They are trouble makers in Lebanon, Gaza and Iraq as well.

Answer 3

As I'm sure you realize, Iran has no interest in nuclear power generation. Neither did Iraq. Iraq was & Iran is only interested in producing nuclear weapons. That must not be allowed to happen.

Answer 4

Anyone who really thinks that Iran is only after energy is an idiot. Iran wants to have atomic weapons so that they can begin Islamic Jihad

Answer 5

Iran's oil is very difficult to get out of the ground. Only three countries make the equipment the U.S., Canada and Japan. Their oil is worthless if they can't get it out of the ground.

Answer 6

As much as i despise Iran, the honest to God truth is they don't have the technological capabilities to process their crude oil. Their oil also isn't very high quality and without advanced refining techniques yields little more than kerosene (sp).

That's why Russia is trying to sell them their energy and the U.S. government backs this proposal, we know they can't refine their own oil.

Answer 7

for the same reason Canada uses nuclear energy. Canada sits on tons of oil in the form of tar sands, but wishes to reduce the amount used domestically , leaving more for the international markets. Iran being no fool, wishes to use less domestically freeing up more for the international markets.

It has nothing to do with corn fields, the American sport of baseball, or God. Perhaps your a tin foil extremist conspiracy theory nutter, all worried I remember people like that in the west all worried about yellow cakes and the like , mushroom shaped smoking guns , we around the world knew that was western paranoia, and again western paranoia. tin foil hats anyone.

Answer 8

Their terrorist president has already said many times that he wants to develop the nukes so he can give them to all Muslims countries so they can "defend" themselves.

Answer 9

Nuclear energy is cleaner and more cost-effective than oil.

Answer 10

If they use nuclear for their own power needs, they can SELL more oil to the rest of the world ! They need the money.