What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

Canaii@lemmy.zip · edit-2 5 days ago

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca · edit-2 4 days ago

Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important.

Hanrahan@slrpnk.net · edit-2 4 days ago

Any time someone suggests “lazy” or “stupid” as a hypothesis to absolutely anything, it means they don’t understand something very important.

Really ? like these “idiots” ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXfFACs24zU

“Maybe we’re sufficiently stupid that we won’t exist beyond this century” - Professor Brian Cox

“Greed and stupidity are what will end the human race” - Stephen Hawking

https://nassimtaleb.org/tag/basic-laws-of-human-stupidity/

Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca · edit-2 3 days ago

What special insight are you suggesting Hawking had about the future of the human race? This is exactly the kind of nothing hypothesis I’m talking about, yes.

qevlarr@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

Fair enough, I blame conservatism

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

What happens if oil hits $200 a barrel? Alberta or Texas will be fine. But economies that don't produce oil are screwed. Especially those that depend on cars.

‘We Would Be Entering a Completely Different World’