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Originally Posted by MattyC

Any shift away from oil, whether by Canada alone, or by the world at large, is going to be economically detrimental to Canada, and specifically Alberta, in it's current state. If you are a person who believes this shift is going to happen (for energy generation in particular) regardless of what Canada does, what can we do other than starting as soon as possible to look at alternatives for our own economy? If you're taking a long view at this, the economic impacts on Canada would be much worse if we just let it happen to us rather than try and adapt ourselves as quickly as possible, before the situation becomes worse. Right now, this is a recession, and it will bounce back. But when there are real shifts in how people produce and consume energy, it's not going to have a bounce back. It will be slowly minimized, and if Canada doesn't adjust before that happens, so will our economy.

You are aware that developing alternatives does not require undermining your own economy at the same time, right?