Comments on: Leviathan Gas Discovery Could be The Mother of All Resource Curses

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 06:13:32 +0000

In reply to jack. I think it might be dreaming of the Ottoman Period. In theory a strong Turkey could be a real boost to the region, insofar as it can work fairly between the east and the west. Bypassing countries over recent spats, despite years and decades of peacebuilding, is really stupid in my eyes.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:55:23 +0000

The only curse is the imperialist tendencies of the country of Turkey, and its continued expansion in the region!

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:12:25 +0000

In reply to Ivy Garner. I didn't know America was paying for Israeli oil. Could you cite your reference? America support Israel in security tech and bilateral trade. It Also supports Jordan with huge sums of USAID, and Egypt too.

By: Ivy Garner

Ivy Garner — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:05:10 +0000

This is great news.

Now American can stop paying for Israel’s oil to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars per year…and use that money to help its own citizens.

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:18:44 +0000

In reply to Jen. Jen, maybe Israel will prove the curse to be untrue. But I am a big believer in the fact that the Jewish nation's struggle for survival has been their blessing in looking for alternative energy solutions.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:49:47 +0000

Just because it’s a cliche, doesn’t mean the resource curse is always true: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/12/06/what_resource_curse?page=full

By: Daniel Adam

Daniel Adam — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:43:05 +0000

Seems like another long middle-east problem is brewing and shall explode soon over this gas discovery and who is going to start the robbery first.

One who is familiar with the International offshore drilling law and can read a map accordingly. It is clear that most of the area is under Lebanon’s territorial right followed by Cyprus. In reality, Israel claim can be very little and may not be the worth, considering drilling and other charges for commercial level production.

Might is right shall not work here. It is better the nation of the region unite and use the resources based on what is rightfully theirs,

Peace

By: Scott David Lucas

Scott David Lucas — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:43:15 +0000

Blessed is Israel, forevermore. A comment was made on the internet the other day, concerning that Israel should wean it’self from The United States. After all, who shall we put our trust in, our faith in. Yes, The God of Israel, not man. After all, all nations will come against Israel, someday. Amein. PSALM YISRAEL / Scott David Lucas

By: Elli Davis

Elli Davis — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 16:06:35 +0000

I think that some of the people did not understand the full prospect of the article, what I rendered as the most important message in it is not the danger of pollution (I am not saying that it is not a problem,just that it is not the main one), but the situation it brings in to the Middle-east region, Israeli balancing on the brink of the conflict with every single neighbour are shifting large amounts of energy resources, commodity valued the most in the region. This might result in something very immediate to worry about for the civilians in the region.

By: Susan Kraemer

Susan Kraemer — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:24:28 +0000

In reply to Tony Center.

Fossil fuels are a danger, both to the planet over the next 100,000 years, and more immediately, to democracies (the Resource Curse). But I don’t see this find as an unmitigated bad, because natural gas actually has under half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal – which it will likely replace for about 70% of Israel’s electricity – as I note in this story:

http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/12/leviathan-gas-israel-balance-of-power/

It is complicated.