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untapped petroleum resources,
but they are disappearing almost
as fast as our polar ice sheet.
Just watching the gas prices
steadily climb higher and higher
while eating more and more of
monthly budgets is an indicator
that we are reaching an end of
cheap energy. Without some
innovation to bring costs down,
to find some sustainable solution
for the future, we won't be able
to live our current lifestyles a
decade down the line.

We're only going to be
able to innovate, though, if we
allow for an educated population
with a diverse set of skills and
knowledge. Continuous growth
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like to think that we, as a
civilization, are capable of
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The population boom of
the 1800’s and 1900's shows
some signs of slowing to a self-
maintaining level within the
next few decades. There are
innovators currently bringing
cost-effective renewable
alternatives to technology

powered by non-renewable
sources. Having a diverse
economy with people from
wildly different backgrounds

and skillsets makes the kind of
bubbling interplay of ideas that
make innovation possible.

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then we as government and
citizens need to look beyond
the immediate market dollar
and make an effort to find a
diverse, sustainable existence.
To do that, we need to make
sure that our next generation
has every tool available to
them. Discouraging people
from getting their desired
education because of some
shortsighted adherence to the
church of market is ultimately
going to keep BC from being
a leader in a bright future
to come, but instead stuck,
chained to a dead petro-
energy infrastructure with
a population requiring yet
another batch of retraining.