What if oil and gas reserves ran out abruptly?
Oil is one of the main commodities that are exported to different countries, from which Russia receives a lot of money. If oil and gas ran out, then Russia would no longer be needed by other countries at all. "Black gold" is required everywhere and always, it is a kind of world currency, without which the state will not last long. We would terminate economic relations with many countries and the country would find itself in a deep crisis, from which it would hardly have emerged. For the past hundred years, the world has been dependent on oil and its derivatives. Has it wedged everyone on this oil and gas, or what? You can only hear from everywhere - oil, gas, dollar, euro! (((Good gentlemen, how did we live before the First World War? After all, there was no oil or gas? Imagine, we lived! And even we were engaged in export! And then in the Soviet Union they developed astronautics, aviation, nuclear energy and much more. And in the field of scientific research, we were not in the last place. A lot of our programmers work in the empire of B. Gates. And in fine technologies they lagged behind the Americans and the Japanese by only half a step. ... So we had a huge potential ... Maybe When the oil runs out, you will forget your urban comfort and go to the village for the second virgin soil uplift! So how are we going to live without oil and gas?Spoiler When you have a lot of money that you can spend, you do not think about how to earn it. When you run out of money, your head will start to "think" how to earn it. So it is with the state: they will start thinking when the "freebie" is over. Although you can remember the history of the development of Russia. A strong country flourished even without the sale of oil and gas.
-DENIMUSS -
Without oil and gas, there is still nuclear power, in which, by the way, we are also one of the world leaders. There are also natural resources coal and metals. On the most extreme there is agriculture, on which we lived well before the revolution. Of course, we can export technologies, but we will have to try hard to squeeze the traditional world leaders in these industries. So the topic is about nothing, catch the minus.
What if oil and gas reserves ran out abruptly?
Spoiler 
But seriously, most likely they would just start fighting for the remnants somewhere. Or if everything is still not very bad with people, you would find a way out. Together. But I doubt it :)
A solution has long been found, they just do not want to reveal their cards in advance, they will most likely start using an alternative.
FoXtrot777
And you think the country will earn a lot on this ?. Other resources are needed to feed a country like Russia.
Russian flax is famous, in the forests - berries, mushrooms, timber, birch brooms, beekeeping products, forest meat and furs. There are many beautiful reservoirs, lakes, rivers with clear water and delicious fish. A variety of natural resources, already mined and not yet explored, are also enough. It's easy to breathe in wide open spaces, and soon the air itself can be sold as one of the most demanded and necessary goods.)))))))))))
uranium enrichment seems to be well developed in russia. so we could set up power plants and sell electricity. as well as the taiga. in return to receive bast wooden iPhones. Well, there are also agricultural products there.
But in fact, modern mankind needs more hydrocarbons either as a highly efficient fuel, or as structural materials and the chemical industry.
so it is likely that mother Russia could become in such conditions the most tsarist boyar state.
-DENIMUSS - wrote:
where does Russia get a lot of money.
2014 oil exports from the Russian Federation for 153,887 million dollars = 153.9 billion dollars
GDP at PPP of Russia for 2014 amounted to 3,745 billion dollars
Oil sales are 4% of Russia's GDP.
-DENIMUSS - wrote:
this is a kind of world currency, without which the state will not last long.
But what about the countries that do not have their own oil, who buy this oil?
-DENIMUSS - wrote:
So how are we going to live without oil and gas?
electric
car refueling a car with alcohol
Such a reality is possible only if people continue to tolerate the ridicule of the "Pope".
-DENIMUSS - wrote:
So how are we going to live without oil and gas?
If by "we" take humanity as a whole, then somehow it will get out. And if "we" are residents of Russia, then we will live poorer. Because, IMHO, we will have the same garbage with electric cars as with everything else. And it is simply impossible for us to overtake so much alcohol to power all vehicles.
Most likely there will be many trams and trolleybuses in the cities. Many railways will be built outside the cities, especially narrow-gauge railways for local communication.
The number of vodyatlov will greatly decrease and this is good :) The car will remain with those who really need it, but the student, whom Dad gave a clunker to go to the university in the next house, will free the roads from his presence. Think, it will be possible to arrive by bus on time, suddenly, right?) Of the minuses, a strong increase in prices for everything, another idiotic taxes, such as the "tax on eggs" and other initiatives of our crazy printer. In our country, it is not what has really risen in price that is getting more expensive, but what they decided to cook on.
Well, in general, one and a half lorries at one time drove on the wood, the efficiency was ridiculous, but they drove the same. A steam engine using all scientific achievements and working on briquettes from household waste may well find application, the main thing is for the inventor to live long enough so that none of the competitors will soak it before the experimental batch.
Mayamenstate
Death threatens only the living. Corpses like me fear only worms and necrophiles.
-DENIMUSS -
When there is no oil, and it will be cold and hungry, then you will show off about death.