PM Netanyahu's Remarks for the Rio+20 Conference

PM Netanyahu's Remarks for the Rio+20 Conference

Israel is pleased to be taking part in the United Nation's Rio Conference on sustainable development. Sustainable development is really about doing more with less. And in this area, doing-more-with-less, Israel is pretty tough to beat.
Take water. Israel today is a world leader in water efficiency. We reuse 77% of our municipal wastewater. That's almost all of it. The second best country in the world uses 17%. That's a pretty big difference. Israel is also the world leader in drip irrigation. Over 90% of our irrigated crops use drip irrigation. So due to these and other innovations, Israelis use less water per capita today than we did a few decades ago, even though we are considerably more affluent. That really beats the world trend.
What about food? Well here too, Israel has been a leading innovator. For example, thirty years ago, a visionary Israeli founded the first computerized dairy farm in Kibbutz Ofikim in the Jordan Valley. Soon, Afikim became the world's leader in milk yields. And today, this kibbutz is exporting its know-how and computerizing farms in over 50 countries around the world.
In energy, Israeli companies have been leaders in solar-thermo technology for decades. These are all things that Israel has already done. But I think that Israel's most significant contributions to sustainable development are yet to come. In water, Israel is developing cutting-edge technologies in desalination, conservation, and many other areas.
In food, leading research institutions such as the Volcani institute, Israel's famous research arm, is making remarkable discoveries that could revolutionize agricultural production across the world.
In energy, Israel has launched a national initiative to end the world's worst addiction -- the addiction to oil. This addiction fuels terrorism and poisons our planet. And we plan to spend over 400 million dollars on this program over the next decade. At the same time, we're also encouraging the development of a local market for electric cars. We expect Israel to be the laboratory for the alternative cars of tomorrow, and a global center for technologies and innovations in this field of transportation.
So when it comes to sustainable development, the future in Israel looks very bright. Israel may be the world champion at doing more with less. But in the future, we intend to do a lot more with a lot less.

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[Y3RUSHALAIM]

Israel just the best of the best

[Paralyzer]

god bless you benjamin. I dont know if you ever read youtube comments but if you do. I love israel. I want to visit your country some day.

[Andy W]

We, Jews and our Christians friends love the Jewish State of Israel, we love PM Nathanyahu b/c he does the right thing for the Jewish people and for the rest of the world when in crisis. Am Israel Hai!

[fawadakhan]

Wait for army from Khorasan. your one eyed fake messiah will be your last test and will be killed by the return of Isa(Jesus) A.S. You scumbag zionists gog and magogs mass killer of innocent human beings. Militant Islam my foot. Its you who are terrorists with your debt and usury monetary monopoly. Yeah you're gona shine for a very small time but then truth will triumph once and for all. Isa(Jesus) will rule the world from Jerusalem. stop that from happening but you cant. Allah's wrath upon u



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[Bayram Çeken]

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[Bayram Çeken]

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[Felipe Burman]

"PMs can schedule urgent travels during times of crisis. The Rio+20 (UN Conference on Sustainable Conference) will bring more than 130 head of states and 50.000 people to discuss about challenges that the world is facing today (in order to avoid biggest crisis). I deeply believe that you will consider attending this high level plenary next week in Rio de Janeiro in order to increase his political image and help increase the growth of green initiatives" Ps. Search for "Bibi Rio+20" at youtube

[Lagolop]

Ha, Leviathan and Interior oil shales will make for some geopolitical changes that the a-rabs are not going to like.

[valleyshrew]

Israel has amongst the least percentage energy usage from renewable sources in the world according to wikipedia - 0.44%. Iran has 20.69% while Iceland has 100%! Fossil fuels undeservedly enrich our enemies. Alternative energy should be the highest priority, even above defense as without it there will be no habitat viable for Israelis to defend a century from now. 400m on this? It's not even close to enough! Do you have the courage to make the unpopular & crippling but necessary investment?

[Kim S]

Praise G-d , it is amazing how you all took this arid dry land and turned it into a beautiful , productive Oasis. G-d is with you all and blesses the work of your hands. God loves you all and so do I.