What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

Canaii@lemmy.zip · edit-2 5 days ago

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

At that price the cost of fertilizer will be astronomical and cause a spike in food prices as farms become unprofitable unless prices go up an order of magnitude to keep up. The moment you bankrupt farms is the moment famine enters the chat.

fodor@lemmy.zip · 5 days ago

It’s not an order of magnitude, lol.

Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · edit-2 4 days ago

Yeah, food will go up a bit but as almost all of the cost of living is housing it kinda makes everything else pretty minor in comparison.

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

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