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Originally Posted by Spectato
They may be doing well - today - but they could eventually find themselves in the unenviable position of having something that no one else has, but wants/needs very badly.
Theoretical of course, but who knows what horrors await?
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Well that depends on how well they keep treading the careful line that they are the moment but even they can't make their supplies last for ever.
The fact is that alternatives of power and fuel need finding and research needs doing long before we get to the state where we invade to steal resources.Despite my misgivings I'm sure most governments of developed countries have been thinking long and hard about the possibilities for some time.