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		s1artibartfast on March 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after s... What is so critical about the Suez Canal. If it were down for a month/year. what do you think the impacts would be? Would most ship traffic simply go around Africa?

KineticLensman on March 29, 2021 | [–]

Accepting that globalization wasn't such a big thing then, the closure between 1967 and 1975 would be a good source of objective 'what actually happened' data.

CraigRo on March 30, 2021 | [–]

We'd have to build a lot more ships and containers and burn a lot more fuel. Consumer prices would be higher, and some products wouldn't be on shelves

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