The North Sea Oilfields are running dry. The revenue has been steadily falling. Furthermore, as they continue to dry up the cost of extracting it will increase. Then, along with the world becoming less & less reliant on fossil fuels the cost of oil will drop (Saudi has already been experiencing this drop in revenue).
The most favourable estimates that there is about enough to last 20 years longer. Ok, what then? Will Scotland then have another Referendum to re-join the UK after 20 years? Independence is for keeps - the long term picture.
Furthermore, one also has to remember that nowhere near all of the North Sea Oil goes to Scotland, or even the UK, being shared by Norway, Denmark, Germany & the Netherlands. From the SNP's propaganda you would think that Scotland had a monopoly on it. https://www.gov.scot/publications/go...11612/pages/4/
It's not all about the oil. Actually we generate about half our energy from renewable sources and would be wprld leaders in tidal power were it not for a hostile westminster government that is agin such things.We are also mworld leaders in things like computer gaming and satellite technology.
What propoganda are you on about? I suggest you read some of the acrtual snp economic plans rather than what is in the daily mail. The reality is without the dead hand of westminster on our throat we would be in a position to take measures to develop our economy leaving the eu would be devastating and most scots are bright enough to appreciate that.
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