M2Bulls by Marty Two Bulls Sr. for February 04, 2021

Good point. But bear in mind that construction of the pipeline is done be people who know the job is temporary, who expect to move to another construction job shortly after being laid off of this one… often they’re employees of a construction company and aren’t laid off at all. These people may spend a little extra time off the job because the new rules shut it down before it was finished.

Running the pipeline is a different matter, but the number of workers is minuiscule. Something like 20 jobs were lost, for the whole thing.

Won’t somebody please think of all the poor unemployed whale oil employees!?!

Think of the buggy whip maker bragging about his increasing share of a shrinking market.

And let’s not forget about those poor candlestick makers!!

/SNARK/

Where can a person sign up for a typewriter repair class today ? . . . ./S

And so did your republican party become the minority.

Oil has become an increasingly obsolete technology. It was a century ago when it began to replace coal. Anyone who had to keep a coal furnace going through winter would not want to go back to that technology. Coming from the anthracite region of Pennsylvania, I do recall the ashes were good to place on ice to prevent sliding.

Was not needed in the first place !

Buggy whips without extended unemployment benefits.

The worker however looks like he has a future in plumbing.

But, but, but, shouldn’t we bring back whaling, until the whales are gone, so people can light their whale oil lamps? /s

The corporations tell their laid off workers to adjust to change, well it applies to them too which they can’t seem to adjust. It is time to overturn ’Citizen’s United v. FEC that turned them into a legal person.

The GOP would lament the demise of 8-track players. If they know what they are — or were.

It’s called progress. Something conservatives hate, but can’t stop, even though they pack the courts, and continue to try to pass anti progressive laws.

Yeah, all 35 of those guys will end up being a real drain on the economy if they file for unemployment…

The town of Westfield Massachusetts was once the buggy whip manufacturing capital of the world. Do all those right-wing fossil fuel apologists think the government should have stepped in to save all those buggy whip manufacturers?

Bravo!

How many jobs have been lost when owners moved factories overseas to take advantage of cheaper labor and no laws on safety/environment? Where was the GQP outcry then?

I can’t wait till Air Force one goes electric. And.. where all this electricity is going to come from to move America remains a problem.. given you barely have enough now.

Pie in the sky folk.. electricity has its place and will continue to grow.. but the need of oil.. and it’s many derivatives will be with us for a long time.

Last week I discovered a new technical occupation has or will soon be obsolete – Dental Technician. I went to the my Dentist to have two crowns replaced – it happened in one visit – he now has a machine that custom makes the crowns in his office, and after some strange picture takings in my mouth and a small wait, it was done. No more two visits a week apart while the molds are sent to the Lab.

The construction skills involved in creating a pipeline should be easily transferable to infrastructure renewal.

Pipelines? NO!! Interstate high-speed rail? YES! Why should “The Most Advanced Country in the Civilized World” have a rail system stuck in the 1950s??

My first job was as an elevator operator in a 3 story building. 1907 Otis cage elevator. Lining up the elevator floor to the building floor so folks didn’t have to step up or down.

A bit of facts they don’t tell you is that a large percentage of jobs go away once construction is completed. The bulk of work for Americans is temporary construction. The system is mostly automated requiring oversight and maintenance. Meanwhile, the renewable energy industry is hiring long term jobs.

Check the front page of the NY Times – a story about the Penn Turnpike Tollbooth workers are now gone, gone, gone.

Temporary jobs go away anyway – you’re just going to have to move onto your next gig sooner than you expected.

Do the GOPpers give a darn about all those thrown out of work by the invention of the wheel? :-O

And the buggy whip makers!

It really quite simple. A business will either grow and change with technology and societal needs or it will be doomed.

“When I arrived at the basement of the Capitol, one of the six staff elevators was always ready to take me upstairs. An elevator operator was often present to direct traffic and make sure that no one had to wait a long time.”

You are rapidly becoming my fave cartoonist Mr Two Bulls.

It’s interesting to note that people who know how to properly construct a wooden wheel, whether it’s a new wheel or wheel repair have a good business, with little competition. There are companies who build wagons and stage coaches.The queen’s royal coach, the Budweiser wagon, museums and antique car restorers all need wooden wheels made and repaired. Actually, it’s a pretty good business.A wooden spoke wheel is a technological marvel.Google borax wagon wheels on youtube.

The USA does not want “dirty oil”. Let them get their own.