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Louisiana must begin planning for a future with less oil

Source: https://nola.com/opinions/2019/06/louisiana-must-begin-planning-for-a-future-with-less-oil.html - Jun 27, 2019

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the sailing ship industry when the steam engine came along and Louisiana’s political leadership in these early stages of climate change.

And that led me to the conclusion that our Coastal Master Plan should have a companion initiative: Master Plan for Coastal Economic Survival.

You see, back in the late 19th century some segments of the sailing ship industry tried to ignore or downplay the role of steam even as the technology and facts made it obvious a revolution was underway. Eventually they found themselves out of work.

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