Originally Posted by
Fareastdriver
Should a permanent economic subsistute for oil ever materialise then Aberdeen will be dead; and if it can out perform wind farms so will all of Scotland's economic forcasts.
Maybees maybees not! Who knows, remember a couple of posts back somebody told us of the smart money in Aberdeen moving from whaling to oil - maybe they will be smart again and transition a declining industry to an emerging one. Oh that sounds like a plan!
Yup maybe just maybe a transition plan would surface that oh lets take a punt at this would say capatalise on the expertise built on deep see exploration and fabrication to say renewable energy installations. I don't know maybe that wouldn't work. Tell you what how about we be optimistic for the future of our country eh
