What will happen to the Arab nations?

Given that oil is the main source of revenue for the oil rich Arab nations, what will happen to those countries once the global supply of oil is depleted? Is there any evidence at all to suggest that these countries will be broke once they have depleted their supply of fossil fuel? Or is there evidence to suggest that these countries have the ability to develop an alternative source of revenue, such as tourism (as in the case of Dubai) and manufacturing/exports as in the case of Korea, China and Japan?

Anonymous2012-06-12T03:40:01Z

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Didn't you ask this in the Politics Section?