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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by dragonwriter on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @03:44PM (#11022382)
> Actually, the farmland will just move. Northern regions will become more arable. There will be disruption but maybe nothing we can't handle.

Even if we ignore the effects of increased variability (which makes investing in production anywhere less secure) and just consider, as you do, the averages, this is problem for people as long as countries and borders are a thing, because shifting where its possible for humans to support themselves has some pretty drastic consequences.

Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by DavidHm on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @04:12PM (#11022649)
Canada and Russia are mostly empty.

Canada will be fine, they have a long history of cooperating with the US.

Now, Russia on the other hand...with China right next to it? I smell trouble ahead.