maryshawn
Serene Highness
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Oil and the future of where the US will be getting it is a HUGE isssue here in the US. In many of the midwest states, legislation is passing at lightning speed to improve/make more available alternative fuel sources--derivatives from various plant products. It's still going to be a long evolution though. For some reason, even though they saw them developing, politicians perhaps didn't adequately plan for the oil needs of countries like China.
Forgive the ignorance but does Jordan simply not have any oil whatsoever? As other ME countries have so much, I've wondered why that is or if it does but just hasn't tapped its potential?
Forgive the ignorance but does Jordan simply not have any oil whatsoever? As other ME countries have so much, I've wondered why that is or if it does but just hasn't tapped its potential?
~*~Humera~*~ said:Jordan may not have the buffers, but I doubt Jordanians feel that their country is dispensible. You dont see many Jordanians on this board making such statements. Just because they're not wealthy doesnt mean they dont have pride their nation. Lots of countries have been in worse shape and pulled through. So have Jordanian monarchs like King Hussein.
And like i said, oil isn't much of a buffer for the SA or the other oil-rich arab states because even these countries are realizing that its not going to last nearly as long, hence the efforts to modernize and develop in places like the Gulf.
The importance of oil from these nations is exaggerated. The US is increasingly leaning towards looking to other sources, and countries. US politicians already have their eyes on the vast oil fields in Alberta, Canada.