07-24-2019, 11:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-24-2019, 11:43 AM by Eric the Green.)
(07-23-2019, 12:21 PM)David Horn Wrote:(07-22-2019, 05:33 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(07-22-2019, 12:13 PM)tg63 Wrote:(07-16-2019, 12:39 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(07-16-2019, 12:10 PM)David Horn Wrote: A link from California, through BC and the NW Territories Makes the horseshoe a lot bigger, that's for sure.
Yes, it will be quite an interesting nation! And I think Alberta has shown it can elect progressive leaders and probably will be willing to shut down its dirty tar-sands oil as the rest of blue nation wants.
ummm, no, I'm afraid not ... while they are trying / starting to diversify their economy their future is still very much tied to oil and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.
The oil industry is going to dry up very fast once progressives are in charge. Alberta elected a liberal leader recently; they can do it again.
I have to agree with tg63. Having had more than a trivial involvement with Alberta, the province has more in common with Alaska or Texas than California. Like Alaska, it's hard to walk away from vast wealth just sitting there, when oil tax revenues can things happen that wouldn't otherwise.
Alberta is huge and has a population of less than 4.5 Million. Oil pays the bills.
They will have to walk away from it. Oil will not be permitted as a fuel much longer, or it will be taxed to make it unprofitable. Especially such dirty oil as from tar sands. As I said, the oil industry is drying up. People won't be buying it, since cars will use other fuels. So although I know their traditions and cultures are more like Alaska and Texas, they won't have the oil money as a reason to keep them in the red state fold. At least, if the rest of Canada agrees to let the US coasts join, they won't be able to block it. They will be outvoted, and they won't secede from Canada to join Montana and Idaho and the rest of Red America.