The war’s costs extend far beyond repairing oil installations and turning on the electricity. Cities such as Misurata have been ravaged by the fighting and will have to be rebuilt. But Libya lacks the technical capacity to tackle these problems. Short on skilled experts, a post-Qaddafi Libya risks becoming dependent on foreign assistance, much like the Palestinians, who live largely from international aid rather than from their own economic activity.
而战争的耗费也远比修复石油生产设施和电力设施的耗费要大。米苏拉塔等城市均遭到严重破坏并亟需重建。但利比亚却缺乏相关技术能力去解决这些问题。由于缺乏相关技术专家，后卡扎菲时代的利比亚严重依赖外国援助，就像巴勒斯坦那样无法依靠内部经济活动，只能等待国际输血。