Re: Old and New Yerevan
I agree with you 100%. The old soviet housing needs to be (and is being) torn down and rebuilt - not only for asthetics, but for safety, efficiency and comfort. The building boom in Yerevan is incredable (I'm actually here now). Cranes dot the landscape by the dozens wherever you look and jackhammers deafen the streets. In other words, people are investing in Armenia (Yerevan anyway). I will also be one of those investors as I am puchasing an new apartment on the Cascade with stunning views of OUR mountain .
As far as natural resourses go, don't sell the country short. Armenia is working on becoming energy self sufficient. They will be building a new Nuclear power plant to replace the Medzamor plant (which currently supplies Armenia with 40% of her energy right now). Also, in the works are plans to build wind and solar farms to take advantage of Armenia's mountanous winds and high percentage of sunny days. Artsakh and the liberated terratories also add to Armenia's resourses as there are rivers (damming), forrest (certain medicinal plants can be found only in Karabakh) and precious metals which are waiting to be exploited.
In short, the outlook is good
Azerbaijan's oil wealth is a paper tiger. The oil will run out in 15 - 30 years (tops) and when that happens, Azerbaijan will wake up to it's natural state...a third world Moslem country where people piss and xxxx in the same place where they eat...In a way, you can say Armenia is blessed not to have oil. It forces us to promote ourselves through grassroots, institutionalized and thus sustainable means. In short it makes us viable in the long term as opposed to the short term gains Azerbaijan will make with their oil (I hope they choke on it).
Originally posted by tunot
As far as natural resourses go, don't sell the country short. Armenia is working on becoming energy self sufficient. They will be building a new Nuclear power plant to replace the Medzamor plant (which currently supplies Armenia with 40% of her energy right now). Also, in the works are plans to build wind and solar farms to take advantage of Armenia's mountanous winds and high percentage of sunny days. Artsakh and the liberated terratories also add to Armenia's resourses as there are rivers (damming), forrest (certain medicinal plants can be found only in Karabakh) and precious metals which are waiting to be exploited.
In short, the outlook is good
Azerbaijan's oil wealth is a paper tiger. The oil will run out in 15 - 30 years (tops) and when that happens, Azerbaijan will wake up to it's natural state...a third world Moslem country where people piss and xxxx in the same place where they eat...In a way, you can say Armenia is blessed not to have oil. It forces us to promote ourselves through grassroots, institutionalized and thus sustainable means. In short it makes us viable in the long term as opposed to the short term gains Azerbaijan will make with their oil (I hope they choke on it).
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