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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 1568942, member: 38849&quot;]I don&#039;t necessarily hold fast to the 26% number; we could have all the effects in a single year.&nbsp; But I did want to offer a definition for the optimists to think about.</p><p><br /></p><p>The wild card is exporting oil and gas, but in a world of reduced demand.&nbsp; Still, that would give us leverage to maintain petro-dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>We should be building pipelines and ports like crazy; it isn&#039;t environmentally sound, but it buys us some critical time.&nbsp; A few more decades of accelerated global warming, and North Dakota&#039;s petro-products will be readily accessible year-round, as will the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta.&nbsp; North America will be calling the shots for a change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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