Please do some reading on surplus energy economics. Everything you're accustomed to in your life is based on cheap available energy from fossil fuels. Old school or not, there is not a renewable that can replace the energy contained in a barrel of oil. And you can't have economic growth on more expensive energy. It's not possible. Actually, you can't have more economic growth on more expensive harder to find oil and gas. Foreign money spilling into Canada to buy real estate does not constitute growth.