http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/28/news/economy/russia-oil-price-100-dollars-budget/
It's interesting to see that Russia's economy is based largely on oil. If LENR+ were to be replicated in a credible way tomorrow, for example, in some sort of device that didn't require external power to continue running, I think there would be a petro rush for the exits. Countries with oil would be trying to sell it off as fast as possible to squeeze what they can out of it (for example, are the Saudi's already doing this?) They might also lower the prices enough so that it becomes less economically critical to develop risky new types of power (they might already be doing this to dissuade fracking and solar). However, if all this were to happen, it could crash and cripple the Russian economy and they might find it necessary to start a war as a way to provide purpose to the Russian people. Putin isn't an idiot, he wouldn't invade first of course, but rather he would cause some external incident to occur that he reacts to. We imagine sometimes that Oil is the source of all our problems. But LENR+ could be a geopolitical nightmare as it completely upends the fragile balance of things.
