Quote Originally Posted by Franconicus
[*]OPEC will have a much lower income
I'll follow up to this point
[*]They will compensate this by the introduction of taxes;
Tax what ? Several OPEC countreis have a backup plan, they invest in chemical plants (Saudis) or Tourism (Gulf region), others just use that money to hand it out to the poor (Venezuela, Cuba), I'd hardly think taxing the general population more would be a solution, I doubt any of those countries think so.


political stability in these countries will decrease
Why ? Due to poverty ? Poverty often translates into political instability, but not always

[*]terrorism will increase
Are you lumping together all forms of terrorism ? I'd say revolutionary movements would increase (following your own logic), they will be focused mostly on their own state, not on the great Satan.


[*]They will antagonize this by pulling their money back from investments in Europe and the US
Wait, I thought the problem was they didn't have enough money ?

Sorry, too many 'leaps of faith' here for my taste. In any case our decrease of CO2 output will be gradual, so there's little chance for such 'overnight' disasters to occur.