tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post529669833572532160..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Harper is Letting Canada CrumbleThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-42338246473842864182013-10-10T08:35:44.597-07:002013-10-10T08:35:44.597-07:00I believe you're right on all of that, Richard...I believe you're right on all of that, Richard. We're coming in for a wheels-up landing.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-75805458910970711712013-10-09T09:55:23.007-07:002013-10-09T09:55:23.007-07:00I've been writing about the coming infrastruct...I've been writing about the coming infrastructure problems for awhile. It's not just Harper, or the Liberals, or politicians in general. Much of it is us and denial.<br /><br />This all comes back to peak oil and the increasingly expensive standard of living we have become accustomed to. Major highways, the bridges, all of it was largely built during the time of cheap energy. It was easy to build these things at a 200:1 energy ratio. It's not so easy to maintain them at a 3:1 energy ratio and urban sprawl and constant expansion doesn't help.<br /><br />For instance, Edmonton Alberta has a list of 80 some neighborhoods that need repair. They estimate that they can do 2 neighborhoods a year, meaning that if you're last on the list you will see repairs in your neighborhood in 40 years. Nevermind all the neighborhoods that fall into disrepair in that time.<br /><br />The infrastructure issues that all western nations are running into are symbolic of the limits to growth we've reached. This unto itself doesn't call for any blame to be laid, where blame is to be laid is in our continual denial of current economic realities. The idea we can repair it all is no different from the idea that we will return to the prosperity seen before 2008 marked the western empire's decline.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473265775588031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-84630033111373141242013-10-08T17:58:12.440-07:002013-10-08T17:58:12.440-07:00Harper bears his share of the blame for the state ...Harper bears his share of the blame for the state of Canada's infrastructure, to be sure, but it's a deeper malaise than just him. It reaches into every provincial legislature and city and town council where elected representatives have lacked the courage to act responsibly and we, the citizenry, have allowed them to get away with it.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-13615416151741481212013-10-08T17:05:02.750-07:002013-10-08T17:05:02.750-07:00It's too late for Canadians.
When a country s...It's too late for Canadians.<br /><br />When a country sleep-walks into being bamboozled and lied to, it takes 10 years to recover from that (2011).<br /><br />Whoever comes next has to pick up all the detritis.<br /><br />How will Canada remember Steve? I don't know, but I think it will be with a tinge of regret.<br /><br />p.s. not the same Anonymous as the last oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4069232011560965002013-10-08T11:27:00.247-07:002013-10-08T11:27:00.247-07:00We have added your post to the "Around the Bl...We have added your post to the "Around the Blog" section on our website looniepolitics.com.<br />RobertRoberthttp://www.looniepolitics.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49499655502767156982013-10-08T11:11:05.931-07:002013-10-08T11:11:05.931-07:00Harper has no concept of invested debt, Mound. He ...Harper has no concept of invested debt, Mound. He sees all debt as a cost, not an investment.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com