Montanans Envious of Alberta?

Albertanicus alerts us to this article on how northern Montanans are contemplating copying the irrigation network that feeds southern Alberta farms.

So no, Montanans are not envious. They are not complaining that Albertans are lucky to live in a place that happens to have miles and miles of irrigation canals; that they’re lucky to be enjoying the extraordinarily high price of agricultural products like canola; and that they should hand their wealth over to those “unlucky” enough not to have those good things.

That would be the envy of a certain other country.

Instead, the Montanans are trying to figure out whether they can copy and adapt the same irrigation techniques for their own purposes.

It’s called creativity and entrepeneurship.

It’s not envy.

That’s not the Montana way.