I agree with colleague Mallasch and the amazing visual example of the “Bar Stool” in the blog titled: "Risks: Making Texas Economy Sustainable and Stable" this blog entry was straight, to the point and effective. My only addition would be to consider the other forms of revenue Texas COULD invest in to replace oil and factory farmed meat. Technology is golden with; Google, Amazon and Hulu are all creating a Texas style “Silicon Valley” and will continue to help Texas gain revenues, (https://www.forbes.com/sites/navathwal/2015/02/12/5-markets-poised-to-be-the-next-silicon-valley-for-real-estate/#1ac55511703e). So I would like to focus on the other two legs, Meat and Oil. Meat I do not feel we should give up on. Texas is known for its land and agriculture to the extent that we encourage residents to invest into farms by offering Tax breaks. But we need to follow the consumer and turn those farms and manufacturing plants into the clean desirable meat. Which mean we need to invest back into the farmer and farmers and update the technology as well as the techniques in the manufacturing’s plants. There are even movements occurring as we speak that push for a “clean meat” source which is the ability to make meat without animal slaughter (http://www.gfi.org/clean-meat-the-clean-energy-of-food) … which I don’t know how I feel about that. The other leg, Oil has got to go. But what do we replace it with? My go to is the shiny green because of the profits other states have made off of it.
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