For a province dependant on agriculture in an age of climate change, it is definitely worth exploring the energy sector. It seems likely that AI’s energy demand will continue to rise for decades. If Sask can fill some of that demand, there will be a benefit to the economy.
On the “cons” side, the $7B investment comes from public money; i.e. taxpayers. And if the predictions of future demand do not pan out, the 1.7 million inhabitants of the province will be on the hook for the payments.
The smugness on her face probably wasn’t because of this statement, but it’s very easy to imagine her thinking “Now you bad people are going to die for being bad, whilst us good people watch with stony hearts.”
Ugh.
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