For a while, now especially, Iran has been in the news for its plans to develop a nuclear energy program. Iran says that it will use the atomic energy for generating electricity only, and not for nuclear weapons. Many Western nations are skeptical on that claim and worry that Iran will produce nuclear weapons.

Iran may want to build nuclear plants to curb its use of oil for generating electricity, as that is their primary fuel. Nuclear power would do that, but I think that if Iran wants electricity, they should think about something other than nuclear. If Iran wants to get noticed in the world for something good, they should install solar and wind generating plants. A desert nation such as Iran would be the perfect place for generating electricity from the sun. They could use either photovoltaics to convert the solar energy directly into electricity or they could use solar thermal systems which concentrate the sun's rays onto a heat exchanger where water is boiled into steam for rotating a turbine-generator for electricity generation. More exotic devices use large buildings where the sun heats air in a wide greenhouse at the base, then funnels the air into a chimney containing a turbine. The rising air gains pressure and is used to spin the turbine.

If Iran were to pursue renewable energy rather than use nuclear fission for their energy needs, it would really turn heads. Perhaps it would issue a red flag to some of the industrialized nations saying "We need to get on the ball!"

I laugh at things that governments are giving, like "10 percent of energy will be renewable by 2020", although I am not an economist and of course it's ALL ABOUT MONEY!

IRAN: If all you want is electricity, you might as well invest for the future and GO RENEWABLE!