Friday, March 13, 2015

Five natural resources that aren't doing much for Quebec

   1-Forest products Quebec was battered when newspapers died, as pulp and paper lost over 100,000 jobs between 2004-2014 in Canada. Plants closed when eyeballs shifted from ink to pixels, bringing an end to a century of newspapers armpitted against pedestrians' rib cages.
    2- Oil We don't do oil in Quebec. There might be some on Anticosti but that's a longshot. The price of oil, as we know, has been undermined as well, which creates a big threat to our Alberta transfer payment income.
  3-Electricity The next resource to suffer a downtown could be our electricity exports, as massive scientific efforts continue to grab power from the sun, wind, natural gas and even from space.
  4-Warmth Some scientists believe that we're doomed for a Maunder event, a multi-year cycle of cold weather, which will decrease tourism, immigration and general quality of life.
  5-Water Our ace card remains our great supply of fresh water, which is coveted in drought-ridden areas like California and Texas. We can't sell it though. Besides, our fresh-water aquatic advantage could quickly evaporate with any cheap electricity technology that allows for affordable desalination. 

1 comment:

  1. Apocalypse soon?

    See:

    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141230-apocalypse-when

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