Hell you can do an apples to apples comparison. Honda said the same thing about both autonomous driving and EV. They are waaaaaaay behind the curve and are hoping that FUD can keep people from buying their competitor's offerings.
Exactly. The oil companies got tons of workers in the middle of the frozen hellhole Alberta tar sands, and the mining companies got tons of workers in the middle of scorching desert Australia.
I don't have to imagine, I'm a unionized programmer. I've worked in private industry too and switching out an individual vs collective contract hasn't degraded my skills one iota.
I will say that Government is bureaucratic, but no more than any comparably sized corporation. Our only problem is that our shareholders are fucking morons.