Yep, it ain't working out to well for Rust Belt North.
Say, didn't Caterpillar move a few thousands jobs South not too long ago?
That's what you do once all the heavy landscaping is done. That will be the next area to get industrial roads. We should be growing the hemp that you need pad the soft ground that you find in the wet belt that circles the globe.
Growing a 16-20 ft variety of hemp and weaving it into mats is a brand new industry and once it starts to be used the current method of using a petroleum based material will crash.
Actually it could drive prices up as everyone starts closing shop.
Oil has been overpriced since DuPont got involved.
The sand left over in the tar sands is a useful product as it is an excellent product to use in grinding wheels and sanding paper. Syn-crude is trying to rebury the clean sand rather than trying to find a market for it. Being ragged rather than smooth it could also be used as porous filter material.