 鲜花( 2)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/ ... 29/4454312-sun.html( O: d4 S v9 N2 c* ?- X3 y2 g
; W2 h6 C& Q- L6 G+ _+ e5 m
WE ARE PETRO-CANADIANS
' D( j$ {5 `4 @6 {2 Q+ E6 Q3 ~9 N9 R
7 w* E @0 v+ b% V+ ~, VDue to the climate of political correctness now pervading Canada, Albertans will no longer be known as "Rednecks."
- s" P$ C7 m+ X- D5 Y7 `4 B t2 D6 p
% ~ |9 X3 l7 o7 ?, U& NWe must now be referred to as "Petro-Canadians." % w, e/ R1 L) N
; S: Z# H/ J# L XWHY SELL NOW? 8 C/ c' `* K1 R' U9 c5 I0 s
6 h& f4 }7 X& n% `8 T( g7 yIf I didn't own a house in Edmonton, I'd buy right now, with the current 10% dip in prices that have doubled in the past three years. 7 j: u0 i( h& Q* ^6 v6 N3 [
' T, ]) | I6 V6 e; Y: t2 ^% D5 H6 s
) T* u# E3 C( a* M- @+ g) QIf I was thinking of selling, I'd hold off until 2008 or 2010.
) f& l$ Z5 O4 [$ k8 i( `% y( D b
2 I" v1 ~" S7 S9 |+ aHouse prices, with a few peaks and valleys along the way, will continue to increase. 7 B2 R% Q% F2 p, p+ L
# l# J7 |; {. o* R. N. ?
We don't quite get it.
3 U) k$ y' y1 K& D- K- t6 L5 G% a* Z, W" A+ a
We're squat in the middle of the greatest industrial boom in the freakin' world!
" [7 B& |8 X* a% S8 R+ n0 o& g" q w6 O; d
In the oilsands, including mining projects and upgraders, the government lists 52 planned projects in its Inventory of Major Alberta Projects website. Average price: $3 billion per project. 7 _) E4 z% Z1 h; x& N9 I& j
! [7 t; M5 J5 f2 t7 q
Even with huge slowdowns, at least half those projects will happen. The bitumen upgraders in Strathcona and Sturgeon counties are just starting. Nine proposed upgraders are listed on that website.
{6 k/ K8 j5 x7 C& R$ D
; f. o$ H5 e7 o, MUpgraders and big oilsands mining projects each require workforces of 5,000 to 6,000 to build over a two-year period. 7 Y% ~. Q) W4 B5 Y# U
4 L! W( d9 A* Y- P: ]6 F1 BTradesmen will pour into northern Alberta over the foreseeable future. The numbers of expected newcomers range from 3,000 to 10,000 per year, with a multiplier effect all over the region.
) w, c" ~2 [& w# M0 p3 {8 M. ?5 d( S0 j' z; p$ R# J; `
Every expert in the world says oil prices will not collapse, due to world-wide demand. The price might drop by $10 per barrel, but oil- sand operations can still make a profit at those levels. " I5 A& A K5 i. i# R
3 T3 d/ M7 v1 j( y1 jStricter environmental safeguards will increase the cost of production, but won't severely slow it down.
; J# F/ k& G6 h5 H7 @" v+ j
6 }. f. z- X3 fAnd all those skilled tradesfolks, coming with their families, have to live somewhere. 1 r7 ~7 T5 Q+ `) R! r" r' T& i2 Z
R* ?1 d m! z7 u) u" nHouse prices will go nowhere but up. |
|