@coldjoint,
coldjoint wrote: I did not ask how to destroy America I asked what you would do about Iran.
Kill their main export, oil. That means extremely reducing dependence on it. The best way to do that is to increase dependence on re-newable sources of energy.
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Iranian global shipments during 2017. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of overall exports from Iran.
At the more detailed four-digit Harmonized Tariff System code level, Iran’s most valuable export product is crude oil followed by primarily ethylene polymers, refined petroleum oils, acyclic alcohols then iron ores and concentrates.
Mineral fuels including oil: US$48.7 billion
(77.9% of total exports)
Plastics, plastic articles: $3.3 billion (5.3%)
Ores, slag, ash: $2.2 billion (3.5%)
Organic chemicals: $1.8 billion (2.9%)
Iron, steel: $1.4 billion (2.2%)
Fruits, nuts: $934.8 million (1.5%)
Fertilizers: $681.8 million (1.1%)
Salt, sulphur, stone, cement: $561.3 million (0.9%)
Copper: $386.2 million (0.6%)
Aluminum: $305.4 million (0.5%)
Iran’s top 10 exports are highly concentrated, accounting for 96.4% of the overall value of its global shipments.
Ores, slag and ash from Iran were the fastest-growing among its top 10 export categories, doubling in value from 2016 to 2017.
The only other top category to appreciate year over year was aluminum, up by 24.9%.
Leading the declining categories were fruits and nuts (down -58.6%), organic chemicals (down -51.3%) and iron or steel (down -44.7%).
