Interesting.
Oil/ Energy? There is loads of it here. Some of it is a function of price like the competing alternatives. If we were in tough, we could get by without the mideast... which would throw them into turmoil too. Russia? If the going gets tough, they may well fold in with Europe or vice versa. Imagine Russians being near Europeans again?
Oil contaminated at source? I dunno. How many of their cities sit right on top of the oil and how far will radiation penetrate the soils/ sand?
How many of their cities sit right on top of the oil and how far will radiation penetrate the soils/ sand?
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A direct hit isn’t necessary. I think we are seeing in Japan that radioactivity travels.
Probably the negative effect would be mostly psychological, but I could envision a lot of hysteria over any radioactivity in oil.