Some relaxation on domestic (read: kitchen) level perhaps:
Most Efficient Clean Energy Source Revealed 12.11.2006 00:17 "A Star Battery" created at the Nuclear Research Institution in Dubna, Moscow Region, is a sensational advance in a power supply, according to the Russia's researchers. Heteroelectrics is a basic element assuring the transformation of light into electricity round the clock in AA-size battery of which accumulative volume is 10000 times bigger than of the most developed units recently. The Institution innovated a range of unique techniques attracting foreign investors, but a sale of the know-how is out of its agenda. Non-official translation Source: Ïåðâûé êàíàë http://www.1tv.ru/ <http://www.1tv.ru/> for re-directing to -press a pic following: [http://www.rambler.ru/news/images/news/2006/11/12/1163279885_34235.300x\ 300.jpg] --- In osint@yahoogroups.com, Dietmar Muehlboeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MEED Comment: Going nuclear > POWER REGIONAL > 3 Nov 2006 > In January, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud > al-Faisal told MEED that Riyadh wanted a nuclear free Gulf. Prince > Saud's comments were made in the context of mounting international > tension over Iran's nuclear enrichment programme and were clearly aimed > at Tehran. "We are urging Iran to follow our position," he said. "The > Gulf and the Middle East should be nuclear free." > > The kingdom's position was based primarily on the desire to prevent a > nuclear arms race developing in the region. "We are not going to go that > way," he said. But of equal concern was the risk of a nuclear disaster > in the region. "We have seen Chernobyl," he said. "If a plant is built > on the Gulf and something happens, what would happen to our most > sensitive area of oil production?" > > Prince Saud's comments were unequivocal. Yet, nine months later it has > emerged this week that Saudi Arabia is one of at least six Arab states > to have initiated talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency > (IAEA) about developing a domestic nuclear power programme. > > The reason for the policy U-turn is that it is simply not possible to > ignore the issue. With climate change and a global energy shortage > increasingly dominating the political agenda, governments around the > world now admit that wind and solar power cannot meet rising energy > demand, and have put nuclear power back on the agenda. > > The Arab world is no different. Faced with the same demographic > pressures and energy shortages, Arab governments are increasingly seeing > nuclear as the only viable sustainable solution. In September, GCC > Secretary-General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah called for Arab states to work > together to develop a regional nuclear energy programmes. In October, > Cairo, supported by Washington, announced that it was restarting its > nuclear programme. > > Nuclear power may not be the right answer to the region's mounting > energy needs - the fears outlined by Prince Saud remain very real > indeed, as well as the question of how to dispose of the radioactive > waste. However, it is one possible solution, and for that reason needs > to be openly discussed. > > +++ > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
