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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by s1artibartfast on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:49PM (#26625578)
What is so critical about the Suez Canal. If it were down for a month/year. what do you think the impacts would be? Would most ship traffic simply go around Africa?
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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by KineticLensman on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:28PM (#26626166)
Accepting that globalization wasn't such a big thing then, the closure between 1967 and 1975 would be a good source of objective 'what actually happened' data.
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Re:Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded... by gbronner on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @01:22AM (#26631464)
We'd have to build a lot more ships and containers and burn a lot more fuel. Consumer prices would be higher, and some products wouldn't be on shelves
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