Oil boom… and oil bust
Oil boom… and oil bust / Blake Clayton, Energy security, and climate, 19/12/2012
http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2012/12/19/oil-boom-and-oil-bust/
A story on NPR yesterday morning, “The Downsides of Living in an Oil Boomtown,” had an interesting portrait of the economic effects of high oil prices and booming oil production on Williston, North Dakota. The frenzied pace of job creation has led to high wages but also high turnover. A leap in demand for local goods like housing has caused massive inflation in housing prices and day care services. A similar story could be told of many other rural communities in states like Pennsylvania and Texas where the ramp up in oil and gas drilling activity has been a sudden shock on an otherwise rather static business scene…
OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Danièle Revel (20 décembre 2012). Oil boom… and oil bust. Veille énergie climat. Consulté le 13 décembre 2024 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/oa1o
