User blog comment:Saturn120/Scotland Referendum - Aye or Nay?/@comment-4621372-20140916230032/@comment-25345728-20140917000132

It's highly likely that they vote for independence. The latest polls put Yes voters at a majority. My friends in Scotland also say that the Yes campaign is gaining independence, especially now that the major news sources are smearing the campaign with false propaganda. Even ABC news has horribly false information on an article I read there earlier. For the economy, Scotland is the industrial capital of the UK, and probably all of Europe, next to Germany. Scotland's shipbuilding, mining, and agriculture industries are huge, even before you get to the oil. The peak oil thing is once again propaganda by the English to get Scotland to stay. The North Sea is (I believe) the world's largest oil field, and there's billions of barrels of oil that haven't even been discovered yet. Even further, with the sanctions on Russia and Iran, the price of oil is expected to skyrocket in the near future, even to $150 a barrel.

The EU parliament is probably completely useless in this entire event, as well. Scotland is far more than capable of sustaining itself. The UK said the same exact things about Ireland when it left in the 20s, and Ireland is here today with one of the highest GDP/capitas and some of the highest living conditions in the world. All that, without a drop of oil. Scotland has the oil, the industry, the farms, and definitely the services to exceed those expectations.

For a short period of time, there might be economic difficulties in Scotland as investors come and go, companies pull out, but it will set up Scotland for stability and growth in the long run. If we're lucky, Northern Ireland will return to the Republic where it belongs, and Wales will leave as well. The Euro is a failed experiment that's doomed to fail. The problem here is that the projected depression in the near future will happen if Scotland leaves or not. Scotland leaving now would give it a head start on establishing itself, and would definitely minimize the impact of the depression on the Scottish people. Ireland and Iceland got hit hard, but they bounced back even stronger than before. If Scotland stays with the UK, it will suffer with England.

Russia is already suffering, the ruble hit an all time low yesterday. Russia's gas is being cut off and sanctioned by the EU, which will lead to the EU importing more from Norway, Scotland, and the US. This is the perfect time for Scotland to leave.

If Scotland doesn't vote to leave in 2 days, they'll be caught up in the worst economic depression in history, and they'll sink with England. England doesn't have much of an industry to back it up, it's mainly services and some agriculture.

Alba gu brath!