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I agree with you, but particularly with 4 and 5. As far as 5 goes N. America had/has enormous iron, copper, uranium, gold, natural gas, coal, and petroleum depo
by throwaway5752 10y ago
I agree with you, but particularly with 4 and 5. As far as 5 goes N. America had/has enormous iron, copper, uranium, gold, natural gas, coal, and petroleum deposits to an extent that I don't think many appreciate.
- dredmorbius 10y agoBingo. See Energy in History by Vaclav Smil or Sources of Power by Manfred Weissenbacher for much more on this. The #2 allocation: Russia/USSR. Saudi Arabia has oil but little else. China does fairly well in resources and coal, but not oil.