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2011-06-02 Economy

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Posted by Fred 2011-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I wonder what'll happen to NYC when , inevitable, ME war breaks out?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-06-02 04:13|| 2011-06-02 04:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder what'll happen to NYC when , inevitable, ME war breaks out?

At that point they'll pass a law saying we'll have to shit out of our assholes all that oil they worked so hard to keep us from drilling, and expect it to work, because hey, they saw how the oilfield really works on "Dallas" once.

They're going to be so surprised that the industry they took 25 years to disassemble can't be reassembled in a couple months. They're going to be in denial about the lack of skilled labor because all they know is from watching "Dallas," again. Meanwhile, they've created an entire generation that may be untrainable for the work.

There's going to be a lot of dying when they do that, as a result, and they're going to blame it on sabotage.

They'll decide to solve it by leaning harder, those left in the industry will have their blood pressure go up, and suffer cardiovascular problems like strokes, making the situation worse.

My estimate is it'll take three years or so to train people up to actually being able to work in the industry at the scale it was back in the 80's, but only after the guys in New York and CA put down their crack pipes and decide to be rational about things. But they're going to have a couple years at least when the crisis hits of trying other solutions first, and probably making it worse.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-06-02 09:27|| 2011-06-02 09:27|| Front Page Top

#3 I was thinking cannibalism, Thing.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-06-02 14:00|| 2011-06-02 14:00|| Front Page Top

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