Israel and oil

[Ex-Dragoon]

Seeing how Israel does not have its own big oild reserves or a lot of them. Who supplies the Jewish State with oil? I was thinking maybe the US but would that not cut into their reserves?

 

[couchcommander]

Mexico and Egypt I believe.

*edit* Yup, with some others.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/eastmed.html

 

[joaquim]

A relevant question is : why isn't Israel the world leader in renewable energy?

Joaquim, a concerned civilian.

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Interesting...thanks for the link CC.

 

[GAP]

Boy, talk about not knowing....It never came onto my radar until you posted that link and I sat down and read most of it...super interesting, but, I have a problem.


No where in the middle east is anybody doing any searching for ....wait for it......Maple Syrup.    Oh well, I'll get over it

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I knew they had a few wells going, but found the article very interesting, just imagine how well off the Pals could be if they signed a long term ceasefire with Israel. The NG field off of Gaza could be tapped into a power generation plant selling power back to Israel and they could agree to have a oil terminal pass through both Palestinian and Israeli territories, giving both side revenue. In 1-2 generations the standard of living in Gaza and the West bank would shoot up past most of the ME and the Israelis would want to deal with them.


sigh.... 

 

[GAP]

I knew they had a few wells going, but found the article very interesting, just imagine how well off the Pals could be if they signed a long term ceasefire with Israel. The NG field off of Gaza could be tapped into a power generation plant selling power back to Israel and they could agree to have a oil terminal pass through both Palestinian and Israeli territories, giving both side revenue. In 1-2 generations the standard of living in Gaza and the West bank would shoot up past most of the ME and the Israelis would want to deal with them.
sigh.... 

More importantly, the Palestinians would not be so inclined to initiate and perpetuate intifada, etc. When you have something to lose, it makes it a whole lot harder to decide to strike out, know retaliation will come.

 

[exsemjingo]

A relevant question is : why isn't Israel the world leader in renewable energy?

Joaquim, a concerned civilian.

Is this a joke, or is the lack of feesable renewable energy just one more thing to blame Israel for?
Israel does not worry about alternate sources of energy because they are too small to make a significant difference.  China's energy demands are rising, population: 1.2 Billion & growing.  India's demands are growing likewise, Population 1 billion.
Israel?  7, maybe 8 million people.  If Israel ran everything on, say, solar power, there would be absolutely no change in world energy prices.