killadoob
Honorary Master
Doubt that is true firstly Iran only has a 160 years of reserves because they produce far less than countries like Saudi Arabia if they were matching the production of Saudi Arabia there reserves would be far less, it's estimated Saudi Arabia has at least twice as much oil left as Iran.
Quoted From Article "Based on data from OPEC at the beginning of 2011 the highest proved oil reserves including non-conventional oil deposits are in Venezuela (20 per cent of global reserves), Saudi Arabia (18 %,of global reserves), Iran (9 %).[2]"
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves
Also the USA has almost 25% of the worlds coal a substantial amount more than any other country.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal
They also produce coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Link: http://maps.howstuffworks.com/maps-of-united-states.htm
http://www.photius.com/wfb1999/united_states/united_states_geography.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_kind_of_natural_resources_dose_US_have
Also the United States influence on the worlds financial markets can't be denied.
Quoted From Article "Most of the economy is classified as services. The country remains the world's largest manufacturer, representing a fifth of the global manufacturing output. The United States is home to 139 of the world's 500 largest companies, which is almost twice that of any other country.[21] About 60% the global currency reserves has been invested in the United States dollar and only 24% in euro."
The United States also exports massive amounts of food and close to half of the worlds grain
Quoted From Article "Agriculture is a major industry in the United States and the country is a net exporter of food. With vast tracts of temperate arable land, technologically advanced agribusiness, and agricultural subsidies, the United States controls almost half of world grain exports.[108]
Products include wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish."
The United States is also the worlds largest manufacturer
Quoted From Article "The United States is the world's largest manufacturer, with a 2009 industrial output of US$2.33 trillion. Its manufacturing output is greater than of Germany, France, India, and Brazil combined, despite manufacturing being a small portion of the entire US economy as compared to other countries.[109]"
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States
Its ridicolous to think the USA has nothing.
I would say it's almost as ridiculous as calling iran minnows. I somehow doubt america is bigger than china but that is up for debate
“I cannot imagine a worse alliance [against Iran]: America is the only power in the world to have used atomic weapons; Israel has a secret illegal nuclear program which it denied for years, but it makes it the only nuclear power in the Middle East; and Britain of course the former colonial power providing the means to get those nuclear weapons all those years ago,” he told RT.
Boy the world is messed up when we are worrying about a country with a power station over two countries who have an illegal nuke program and one that has shown they will use nukes if needed.
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