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Originally Posted by polak
Hah. So we're going to rely on proper allocation of funds in the future? What if Oil drops out before we can save up enough? One tech innovation that reduces the demand for oil and our sand in the north becomes worthless. If you look at the exponential development of human technology since the industrial revolution, it's not outrageous to think that this could happen in a matter of decades.
Pfft. I've worked in and out of the patch. You work no harder than any other industry but you have many more perks. It's the definition of cushy. Show me any other industry in Calgary where admin assistants make 60K a year.
It's selfish view point. It is human nature, I'll give you that. We have a hard time caring about people who don't exist yet over ourselfs. That doesn't change the fact that it's extremely short sighted.
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Financial Services, Medicine, the list goes on. You know what's just as short sighted? The belief that we can just take less money from oil and gas and everything else is totally unaffected and just keeps rolling on. There seems to be this idea that the move from oil to whatever the next technology (or form of energy) is will be seamless and easy. Maybe its not. Maybe the reality is that we are so reliant on oil that there isn't really anything to bridge the gap for decades.