User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author: The Schnee Company/@comment-10380701-20140824061211/@comment-10380701-20140824105708

My idea is that the price of Dust soars through the roof that the common populace can no longer buy from the SDC.

Of course, this all relies on the idea that Dust is just the go-to source of energy and there's quite a few alternatives.

Which isn't very plausible after WoR 1.