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You are absolutely right I feel, I think the boom played a role in keeping us out of trouble. But I feel like when you compare us to other natural resource ric
by mwill 8y ago
You are absolutely right I feel, I think the boom played a role in keeping us out of trouble.
But I feel like when you compare us to other natural resource rich countries, we've let them walk away with the goods for free.
And make no mistake, these jobs are temporary (If you take a long view). The industry is happy to just shut down projects the moment the price doesn't make any sense. We've been lucky that there's been enough they want out of our dirt that's there's always something on the go, but sooner or later it'll dry up, and those jobs will vanish, even if only for a while. And we'll be left with very little.
And this doesn't even go into the specter of automation floating over our head.