Scenarios about 'oil reserves'
Oil reserves refer to the discovered quantities of crude oil that can be extracted economically with current technology. These deposits have fundamentally shaped global economics and geopolitics since the early 20th century, fueling industrial development, transportation systems, and military capabilities. In alternate history scenarios, different distributions or discoveries of oil reserves often dramatically alter power dynamics, technological development paths, and the course of international conflicts.
What If Alaska Remained Russian Territory?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Russia never sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, fundamentally altering North American geopolitics and the global balance of power into the 21st century.