tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post2398000906709372473..comments2023-12-31T19:34:14.853-05:00Comments on Dymaxion World: Canada: The Pentagon's gas tankjohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09690430991814528863noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9560953.post-59148204235041675502007-06-25T15:28:00.000-04:002007-06-25T15:28:00.000-04:00It's worth noting that the unsustainability of res...It's worth noting that the unsustainability of resource economies is the flipside of the resource curse: on the one hand, abundant resources allow peoples to avoid the kind of diversification (and trade!) that creates stable economies; and, on the other hand, abundant resources are never abundant <I>enough</I>. Sooner or later, all resource-based economies have to change or die, because the oil/diamonds/furs/lumber/duck-billed platypuses either ran out or became too expensive to extract.<BR/><BR/>You have to wonder whether the Alberta government believes that the oil revenues will keep coming forever, or just believes that it's the "ordinary Albertan" who'll have to bear the brunt of the eventual collapse.ADHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854569640217600183noreply@blogger.com