如果这一切真发生了，由于石油短缺和恐惧，石油价格将扶摇直上，可能导致许多已经摇摇欲坠的世界经济体陷入衰退。
If all of this happened, the price of oil would skyrocket owing to shortages and fears, possibly driving much of the world economy, already in a precarious position, into recession.