And by "blow", I didn't literally mean "cocaine". I mean "things that aren't necessary to basic life", which covers everything from going to the movies more than once a month (excessive imo!) to those giant lifted trucks with Alberta plates that think rolling coal on their way to the Ontario Works office is cool.
Man, the people out there make so much damn money, and then they lose their jobs and come back here broke, and it's like.... you vote conservative, but basic finances elude you. We've been through hard times. I literally came of age during a regional economic depression. No recession. Multiple YEARS of economic and population decline from which we still haven't, and might never, recover. I watched all of my friends move away to other parts of the country as I stayed behind and languished. So I'm responsible with my money. But these Albertan expats... they have no idea what they've got. None whatsoever. So no, I'm not that upset to see them lose it, because most of them were destined to lose it anyway. Look at the contrast between Alberta and Norway. Alberta might vote fiscally conservative, but Norway actually is.
Alberta deserves its loss. It was stupid, and stupidity comes with consequence. My city was stupid for putting all of its eggs in *two* baskets, and look at how we got fucked over! "Europe will always need bread!!" "Newspapers are getting bigger every day!!" Who do you think has a better understanding of what happens when your reason to exist disappears?
Building a pipeline can delay your economic decline by a couple years, maybe. At this point, it's a tossup on whether or not it will even financially break even in the end. But eventually, oil, especially expensive to produce oil, is going to stop being an economic powerhouse. Nothing Alberta does is going to change this. Northern Ontario wanted to become its own province in the 1970s. It's a good thing we didn't; we would likely would have gone bankrupt. And if Alberta wants to try, go ahead. Good luck with that. But don't say we didn't warn you.
Endless growth is mathematically impossible when you're basing the calculation on a finite resource with uncertain demand. Now that western corporations are about to gain control in Bolivia, the price of lithium batteries are going to drop significantly. Tesla stocks are soaring. Pretty soon, it's gas powered cars that will be the more expensive ones. What will Alberta demand then? Ban electricity? Thunder Bay wanted to ban steel construction so that everything would be built with locally sourced wood! It sounds stupid, but you guys wanting us to power all our cars on oil is just as silly. My next vehicle won't run on Alberta oil. It's going to be electric. Most of our next vehicles will be electric. At least you have the benefit of foresight. This iron curtain is falling a hell of a lot slower than ours did.
Last edited by vid; Nov 12, 2019 at 4:23 AM.
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