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What Kind of Yemen?

return for goods, can put an end to the debates in Yemen about the best

use of revenues and those revenues' proper distribution among regions.
Yemen's fossil-fuel energy resources are limited. The country is
estimated to have three billion barrels of oil and 480 billion cubic meters
of natural gas reserves. If consumption continues at present rates, all the
oil in the country will have been used up within 30 years and natural
gas within 50 years. In truth, however, all the oil and natural gas may
be used up much faster than that.

The limited nature of its energy resources is another problem
Yemen needs to address. That problem can be overcome by building
energy power stations based on wind, solar and small hydroelectric
resources. Turkey can be an excellent partner for Yemen in achieving
that solution.
In order for all these things to happen, it is first and foremost essen-
tial to overcome the security problem of the pipelines in Yemen. The
pipelines and energy plants throughout the country are frequently sub-
ject to sabotage; indeed, tribes literally blackmail the government over

the security of pipelines that run through their territory. The authority
of the state therefore needs to be strengthened on the one hand, while a
sense of national awareness and a spirit of solidarity needs to be estab-
lished in the tribes on the other.
As we have seen, in order for all the wealth of Yemen to be used in
order to benefit the Yemeni people, both those in charge of that wealth
and those who will make use of it must be in possession of a conscience

and the only way to have a conscience is through faith. Only people of
faith always act by heeding the voice of their conscience.
Consequently, there is only one solution to the injustices, turmoil,
terror and poverty in Yemen – to live by the moral values of the Qur'an.
Looking at the myriad problems in Yemen in general terms, they
are all caused by irrationality and emotions such as lovelessness, hatred,
loathing, enmity, self-interest, selfishness, apathy and ruthlessness. The
only way to resolve and totally eliminate these issues are through rea-
son, love, affection, compassion, altruism sensitivity, self-sacrifice,

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