Hmm. While there was tin, coal and other minerals under the rUK, Scotland was quite happy to benefit from them; but now those assets are mostly depleted and the Scots have the majority share of the oil, independence seems to hinge strongly on the economic arguments that flow from that - despite the fact that independence is forever and the oil will last decades at best. It would be like Cornwall going independent when they had all the tin. Nice for them then, maybe, but it wouldn't be so good now!
I find it sad that economics plays such a large part in the discussions. We have stood alongside, fought alongside and died alongside each other for centuries. The question at a personal level is simply whether or not a Scot wants to continue being British, i.e. an emotional question more than a financial one.
If it does come down to finances then I can't see that the rUK and particularly the English have much to fear. For example, if the rUK feels it has been hard done by Scottish independence, do you really see it continuing to buy Scottish goods - including travel to Scotland - in the current volumes? OK it cuts the other way too, but the rUK outnumber the Scots by over 10:1. The rUK needs to be happy, or the Scots will suffer.
Also, it looks like if the Yes campaign does somehow win, it will be by a few % at best, i.e. still around half the eligible voters didn't want it. Is it really worth all the political, financial and emotional risk and upheaval for that? If I was a Scot and a losing No voter I would feel very disenchanted to see my country ripped apart when I and nearly half my compatriots didn't want it. Sad to say that, whatever happens in the vote, a lot of Scots will be unhappy afterwards.
Anyway, they're a non-Scottish Brit's views. I don't get a vote - not yet, anyway - but if I did, it would be No ...