Ferretlover wrote:Is there an average/regular/normal size for pipeline(s)?
This is a good read about NG pipelines...
http://www.naturalgas.org/naturalgas/transport.aspCan The $11.4bn Nabucco Pipeline Work Without Iran?
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=16937If Nabucco is to succeed, there is one potential supplier that could step into the supply void, but for Washington, it is a country too far - Iran. Iran contains 16% of the world's natural gas reserves, second only to Russia. Washington has clearly and repeatedly stated its opposition to including Iran in Nabucco, as last month US Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar stated, "We have been constantly saying that, in our opinion, Iran is not in a position to become a part of any new projects in the Southern Corridor."
In response, speaking after a December 8 Iran-UAE joint economic commission meeting in Tehran, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki bitingly observed, "We have never heard that Europeans have entrusted the Americans with their authority to decide on the pipeline."
Motakki then added a blunt dose of reality, stating, "Speaking about the Nabucco pipeline without Iran's participation would amount to nothing but a pipeline void of gas." Mottaki's comments echoed those of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who said in March that Nabucco was not feasible without Iranian participation.
No wonder things are getting tense, regarding the nukes of course