[AzaleaCity5691]

What you don’t get is that the South as its own nation would have enough oil to be and would be welcome into OPEC.

Gas in Chicago would go up to $20 a gallon but we’d be doing just fine. And given all the water resources we have, we could sell our water to the SW at great profit.

[GonzoGOP]

Gas in Chicago would go up to $20 a gallon but we’d be doing just fine. And given all the water resources we have, we could sell our water to the SW at great profit.

Don't forget you lose access to the Pacific Ocean. There is almost no Red -v- Blue map that puts coastal California in the red side. So be prepared to pay hefty tariffs on anything imported from or exported to the pacific rim.

[Cardhu]

Then the first thing you will have to do is Nationalize those oil fields to get the thieving Yankee’s hands off your resources.

I doubt if Gas in Chicago would go up to $20 a gallon but it certainly would go up a little. Don´t forget the rest of America will need less having got rid of several states.