The Middle East

Posted by Admin on Jul 20, 2006 at 06:23 AM
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Fusion will have a major impact on oil producing countries whose economy is dependent on oil. With fusion, oil becomes less critical to global security and the control the suppliers and cartels have on price may be greatly reduced. Market forces take over.

This won’t happen immediately. There is a transition window because most current means of transport (planes, trains, automobiles, ships) use liquid energy in the form of oil. It would take a few decades to switch to electricity based transport. [e.g., Over time, simple fusion powered charging stations will pop up every where like the gas stations we have now, and the car industry can switch over to electric vehicles and people will sell/junk their old gas cars and get new electric ones (this could be a big boost for the car industry). Shipping will benefit from fusion since the power plant on board will take up much less space than the former power units/storage required for fuel. There will also be less danger of oil spills.]

This transition phase gives the oil exporting countries time and incentive to adjust and diversify their economies. The oil will still be valuable for the things it can make, but value added will be more important than crude exports.

There will also be a rising demand for oil based products.  When the global economy starts to boom with all this available fusion energy stimulating impoverished people into wealth and consumption, a billion more consumers will come online and want their share of oil-based products.  In fact, it’s a shame right now that we just waste this treasure of oil by burning it for transport and short-term economic gain.

But what if the price of oil is still way too low? What else do these folks have to base an economy on? It’s time to really think outside the box and consider how much power fusion is giving to humanity. Let’s contemplate geo-engineering and massive desalinization and/or irrigation projects. What would it take to make the middle east a fertile crescent again and reverse the desertification and create the basis for a thriving economy and a nice place to live? Mega irrigation? How could we do that? Wouldn’t it be nice if we had a miraculous energy source to desalinize as much water as possible? Something like cheap fusion, perhaps.

In conclusion, you’re not losing an oil economy, you’re gaining a diversified economy and possibly even paradise. So upgrade already! Fund fusion now! And work out the details of how we can implement it.