while I can see how your statement is true-ish - and maybe meant as snarky rebuttal or something, maybe funny - sure. I think the GP was meaning that without b

while I can see how your statement is true-ish - and maybe meant as snarky rebuttal or something, maybe funny - sure. I think the GP was meaning that without being able to extract and sell gas and oil, Russia would be nothing compared to what it is today... I would guess that if the whole world shunned oil / gas and went electric only by the end of the year, that Russia would not have a lot of other industries to make up for lost sales, and the whole country would be what, more than 50% poorer or something? With not much else to sell to make up for the lost export money. (I am guessing from very little study) indeed it would be catastrophic for the US and many other places if it were not for oil and gas today and tomorrow - but that was not the point of the conversation direction at the time I believe.