befürchtet kriegerische Ereignisse in Nahost:
Oil spiking to that price would act like a massive non-optional transaction tax. Millions of Americans would lose the ability to fill up their cars with gas. The transport cost of goods would go through the roof. Store shelves would be left unstocked, as the goods became too expensive to shift and a panicked populace had stopped buying them anyway. It would be nice if this were all a bad dream, or just some fantastical movie plot. But it isn't. It is very, very real. What the Saudis are telling us is that, sooner rather than later, the Middle East could explode... and we understand the rationale as to why. Will you be ready when the price of oil goes to $200 overnight? Ready or not, we may have no choice.
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