Abundant, reasonably priced energy is a must for a modern economy. The jobs in exploration, drilling, field development, refineries, pipelines, and distribution are all decent paying jobs. Economists have demonstrated that one good-paying job can create 5-8 more jobs. It's like the ripples from throwing a stone into a pond. The energy that is produced makes many other enterprises more efficient and creates more jobs and more wealth. Why can't progressives understand this?

Progressives in Norway do understand, and they have the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world to show for it, and no debt. American socialists do not have the same attitudes because they do not own the same political stake, or they would plunder natural resources with abandon, as their old Soviet friends did.

It's definitely not just oil jobs. My boyfriend's nephew has a construction business in Utah. About a year and a half ago, he went from running two crews to one, then not enough work to keep things going and the bills paid. He went to North Dakota and did some construction work there. They need more housing. It was enough to keep his business going until things picked up in Utah. He's back home, running two crews again. His brother also has a construction business and he's still doing jobs in ND.

Teri, your anecdote illustrates my point. The oil jobs create all kinds of other jobs.

Not surprisingly, the oil jobs create jobs in other states where they make drilling tools, vehicles, compressors, steel, cement, etc., etc.

Economic activity that actually creates wealth (oil drilling, mining, farming, logging, manufacturing, construction, etc.) is what drives the service and financial industries. Without those wealth creators, which the Watermelons hate, the economy slows.

Dakota is becoming a major annoyance up here in Alberta, Canada. We're having a big energy boom too, with a gigantic labour shortage.

We used to be able to get some American workers up here, all the way from labour to senior engineers and executives. In Calgary I used to see many tradesman's trucks and vans with American names, addresses phone numbers and plates. No more.

Let folks know, if you want to travel and see something a bit different, we have work, tons of work.

There is no reason for a young, capable man not to be able to borrow a couple of hundred bucks to get to Dakota or south Texas and get an oil field job. If you show up sober and on time you'll be running a crew in a week.

BradnSA - Any idea what a 50 year old pencil pusher can do? Except selling a kidney, I mean...

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