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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 1553334" data-attributes="member: 3649">*nods all around* I think if such a thing happens, it won't happen fast enough to cause major disruption of everyday life. Certainly some sections of the economy will fail but other means will emerge from it, so such failure will probably be a good thing in the long run: it might show the foolishness of putting all your eggs in one basket.  It would be a good start to a darker d20 Modern game, as oil companies feel the squeeze and so try to expand and take over burgeoning new technologies. All sorts of opportunities for espionage and mercenary-esque adventures.  A good monkeywrench to throw into the pot would be the discovery of easy-to-get, and thus cheap, oil in some previously under-developed country. Perhaps an earthquake opens up a route to a vast oil reserve under Mexico. Suddenly, Mexico becomes a rich and devestatingly powerful nation in a very short period of time. Tom Deitz had a couple of novels (Above the Lower Sky and Demons in the Green) where such a thing, or a similar thing, had happened to make Central America a global powerhouse.</blockquote>