The Interior Dept closing 1.6 million acres of fed. land slated for oil shale | |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6354989 United States 11/13/2012 12:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
chaakin User ID: 24539567 United States 11/13/2012 12:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Under the plan, 677,000 acres in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming would be open for oil shale exploration. Another 130,000 acres in Utah would be set aside for tar sands production." Come on people, they are destroying our country looking for the riches of oil, while completely ignoring whether or not they should. Nobody can predict what will happen when we start raping the land beneath our feet, but it will start out like this: [link to www.globalpost.com] Then end very badly I'm afraid. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6354989 United States 11/13/2012 12:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm on the fence on this issue. I have a lot of friends and brother employed by the oil and natural gas industry and their lives and futures depend on it. I am also concerned about the cause for quakes and possible water contamination, so I'm not sure what to think about all of this. I just find it funny that one minute Obama talks about wanting to be energy independent, then after the election works on plans to shut more of them down. My one friend is being laid off on Friday. |
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T Ceti H.C. Radnarg User ID: 27089841 United States 11/13/2012 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ...when is someone gonna trespass on "federal" land... then be their own lawyer and ask to face their accuser in court with the deed to the property in their hand to convict them of trespassing on " federal" land...there's no such thing as being convicted of trespassing on "federal" land,if you push it your self because your accuser cant show in court with a deed proving they own it... How unfortunate for some rulers when men,women,and children continue to think... Keep repeating the lies loud enough and long enough and just maybe the people will start to believe the lies again and good luck with that...finding your energy open until mars becomes raging aries... |
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T Ceti H.C. Radnarg User ID: 27089841 United States 11/13/2012 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm on the fence on this issue. I have a lot of friends and brother employed by the oil and natural gas industry and their lives and futures depend on it. I am also concerned about the cause for quakes and possible water contamination, so I'm not sure what to think about all of this. I just find it funny that one minute Obama talks about wanting to be energy independent, then after the election works on plans to shut more of them down. My one friend is being laid off on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6354989 How unfortunate for some rulers when men,women,and children continue to think... Keep repeating the lies loud enough and long enough and just maybe the people will start to believe the lies again and good luck with that...finding your energy open until mars becomes raging aries... |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 6354989 United States 11/13/2012 01:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm on the fence on this issue. I have a lot of friends and brother employed by the oil and natural gas industry and their lives and futures depend on it. I am also concerned about the cause for quakes and possible water contamination, so I'm not sure what to think about all of this. I just find it funny that one minute Obama talks about wanting to be energy independent, then after the election works on plans to shut more of them down. My one friend is being laid off on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6354989 Would love to see that happen. I don't know why it's still illegal anyways. Like you said, they are scared of what can be done with it. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1471245 United States 11/13/2012 01:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'm on the fence on this issue. I have a lot of friends and brother employed by the oil and natural gas industry and their lives and futures depend on it. I am also concerned about the cause for quakes and possible water contamination, so I'm not sure what to think about all of this. I just find it funny that one minute Obama talks about wanting to be energy independent, then after the election works on plans to shut more of them down. My one friend is being laid off on Friday. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6354989 This is a good suggestion dear friend. |
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Éireann User ID: 27571136 United States 11/13/2012 01:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Um. Constitutionally, the government can't own property it can only manage; therefore, they can't close, reclassify, and rezone what they don't own. Eireann~ I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. - Galatians 2:20 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3694399 United States 11/13/2012 03:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Um. Constitutionally, the government can't own property it can only manage; therefore, they can't close, reclassify, and rezone what they don't own. Quoting: Éireann Not sure if youve noticed but this isnt the USA anymore. Theres no such thing as the constitution only the feds and what they say is law. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 12321609 Canada 11/13/2012 05:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Interior Department on Friday issued a final plan to close 1.6 million acres of federal land in the West originally slated for oil shale development. Quoting: no we can't 6354989 The proposed plan would fence off a majority of the initial blueprint laid out in the final days of the George W. Bush administration. It faces a 30-day protest period and a 60-day process to ensure it is consistent with local and state policies. After that, the department would render a decision for implementation. The move is sure to rankle Republicans, who say President Obama’s grip on fossil fuel drilling in federal lands is too tight. Interior’s Bureau of Land Management cited environmental concerns for the proposed changes. Among other things, it excised lands with “wilderness characteristics” and areas that conflicted with sage grouse habitats. Under the plan, 677,000 acres in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming would be open for oil shale exploration. Another 130,000 acres in Utah would be set aside for tar sands production. “This is another step in the wrong direction that limits development and investment in one of the nation’s most energy-rich areas and goes against a prior government decision that would allow for research and development over a much wider geographical area. Just days after the election this decision by the administration sends negative signals to industry and capital markets at a time when we need to encourage growth and innovation in the U.S.," Porter said in a statement to The Hill. [link to thehill.com] Trust me when I say you can't develop that land. Take a hard look at Northern Alberta. Its done for. Everything is polluted. The tails ponds are second in size to the Three Gorges Dam in China. They can't deal with all the waste created. Too bad for bussiness. Save your area and planet instead. Time they got off their asses and put up money for other sources of energy. If 4 Little African girls can make a generator run on pee what else can we be doing. Wake up. This is good. |
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