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Post by yggdrasil on Sept 15, 2023 15:33:14 GMT
Unless the price of North sea gas remains very high then surely the economic argument for an Independent Scotland collapses, and should Independence be based on a limited revenue flow and a non green one at that? No it doesn't. The oil is running out, and we can be self-sufficient in renewable energy by 2030 or thereabouts. Furthermore, given that the UK(RIP) government will attempt to steal our remaining oil anyway (again), I advocate giving it to the fuckers. For a suitably juicy quid pro quo, naturally. we can be self-sufficient in renewable energy by 2030 With technologies that actually already exist? Maybe you can although would be interested in check the workings out on that one. Without that revenue though, where does the money come from? Large tax hikes? Even with that revenue it was always a dubious and precarious economic case for being independent. I just struggle to see the economic reality behind the dream. As an aside I fully believe that Scots should be given a second vote as the first was based on staying in the EU. I still think people would stay in the Union though, if reality was fully laid out and not like the Brexit vote, based on wild claims and hyperbole. |
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Post by thorshairspray on Sept 18, 2023 11:48:46 GMT
Unless the price of North sea gas remains very high then surely the economic argument for an Independent Scotland collapses, and should Independence be based on a limited revenue flow and a non green one at that? There is no economic argument for Scottish independance, which is why the SNP never make it. They just play Braveheart and rant about Westminster. |
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Post by thorshairspray on Sept 18, 2023 11:50:18 GMT
No it doesn't. The oil is running out, and we can be self-sufficient in renewable energy by 2030 or thereabouts. Furthermore, given that the UK(RIP) government will attempt to steal our remaining oil anyway (again), I advocate giving it to the fuckers. For a suitably juicy quid pro quo, naturally. we can be self-sufficient in renewable energy by 2030 With technologies that actually already exist? Maybe you can although would be interested in check the workings out on that one. Without that revenue though, where does the money come from? Large tax hikes? Even with that revenue it was always a dubious and precarious economic case for being independent. I just struggle to see the economic reality behind the dream. As an aside I fully believe that Scots should be given a second vote as the first was based on staying in the EU. I still think people would stay in the Union though, if reality was fully laid out and not like the Brexit vote, based on wild claims and hyperbole. Not really, the EU referendum was already promised before the Scottish referendum and the outcome was largely irrelevant, since a yes vote would put Scotland out of the EU anyway. |
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