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by ido 1356 days ago
Why was it so limited? Didn't the former East Block had relatively abundant fuel (coal, oil, gas, uranium)?
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ggeorgovassilis 1354 days ago
Romania wasn't in the east block. Ceausescu ran an isolationist regime which antagonised both the UDSSR and the West.
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ChuckNorris89 1356 days ago
Yeah and all that went to export or industry where to could be used to make things for export.
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baybal2 1356 days ago
Because why spent coal on heating stables for the livestock, if the livestock doesn't die without it?

That's the mentality of a communist dictator.

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