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(Talking Points Memo)   Dying ghost town in Old West finally decides to get rid of its dying oil wells   (talkingpointsmemo.com) divider line
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2210 clicks; posted to Main » and Politics » on 03 Feb 2023 at 8:35 AM (7 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 7:05:36 AM  
I have a straw
 
NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 7:55:15 AM  
It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:42:36 AM  
How many barrels a day are being produced there?
 
SloppyFrenchKisser
2023-02-03 8:42:43 AM  
It's only LA, who cares?
 
emersonbiggins
2023-02-03 8:44:27 AM  
TMYK - Texas went the opposite way with this, and banned municipalities from regulating O&G extraction much at all within their boundaries.
 
Tantor
2023-02-03 8:45:27 AM  
LA's progressive governance has a well earned reputation for exceedingly poor decision making. Hard to see how this will turn out any differently.   Morons.
 
SoFlaNative52
2023-02-03 8:46:29 AM  
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zeroflight222
2023-02-03 8:46:41 AM  
Wait, is it a town that died and became a ghost?  Or a ghost that became a town?
 
Chief Superintendent Lookout
2023-02-03 8:50:25 AM  

kdawg7736: How many barrels a day are being produced there?


Don't you mean "how many barrels of FREEDOM are being produced"?
 
bibliophile42 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:51:32 AM  

NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.


What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.
 
NathanAllen
2023-02-03 8:51:53 AM  
Worst Sim City player ever.
 
Fano
2023-02-03 8:55:11 AM  

bibliophile42: NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.

What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.


Hobbs is definitely the entry point to Hell
 
Rapmaster2000
2023-02-03 8:57:46 AM  
I've always thought the hidden LA oil wells were neat:  https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/hidden-oil-wells/

The THUMS oil island is cool.  I like the artistic way they tried to hide the derricks.
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Dead for Tax Reasons
2023-02-03 8:59:04 AM  

vudukungfu: I have a straw


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Why should I have cake? I've got my little straw.
 
tuxq
2023-02-03 8:59:46 AM  
FTA: As extraction in some neighborhoods has ramped up, people living in South Los Angeles and other neighborhoods in oil fields have noticed frequent odors, nosebleeds and headaches.

Yeah. Homeless populations, cocaine and air pollution will do that.
 
Geoff Peterson [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:02:42 AM  

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NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:05:42 AM  

Fano: bibliophile42: NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.

What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.

Hobbs is definitely the entry point to Hell


Hobbs and Artesia.  Mixing refineries and mass dairies, because the towns didn't stink enough just just one.
 
JammerJim [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:10:49 AM  
We used to drive right by a huge refinery/tank farm on the way from LAX to my father-in-law's swanky gated community near Palos Verdes, so I'm getting a kick etc.
 
Arkanaut
2023-02-03 9:21:27 AM  
Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.
 
Thank You Black Jesus! [BareFark]
2023-02-03 9:27:01 AM  

NM Volunteer: Fano: bibliophile42: NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.

What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.

Hobbs is definitely the entry point to Hell

Hobbs and Artesia.  Mixing refineries and mass dairies, because the towns didn't stink enough just just one.


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The Irresponsible Captain [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:39:47 AM  
I'm surprised they allowed it to go on this long. Oil wells in the middle of a city seems like a bad idea for the people living there.

Pittsburgh had the same problem with gas wells over a century ago. Although you couldn't see it through the coal smog.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5215/pennmaghistbio.139.3.0323
 
mongbiohazard
2023-02-03 9:53:10 AM  

Tantor: LA's progressive governance has a well earned reputation for exceedingly poor decision making. Hard to see how this will turn out any differently.   Morons.


Yeah, because having petrochemical extraction in residential neighborhoods is such a great idea.

My eyeroll was so big the LIGO Interferometer just picked up the gravitational waves from it.
 
NM Volunteer [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:56:11 AM  

Thank You Black Jesus!: NM Volunteer: Fano: bibliophile42: NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.

What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.

Hobbs is definitely the entry point to Hell

Hobbs and Artesia.  Mixing refineries and mass dairies, because the towns didn't stink enough just just one.

tabbycatishouldbuildapapermill.jpg


Nah, they need rivers to discharge waste and pollution into, and there are no rivers large enough for that here.  The water is all well water, even municipal water.
 
knbwhite
2023-02-03 9:57:05 AM  

Fano: bibliophile42: NM Volunteer: It would be interesting if New Mexico did something similar, banning oil wells within city limits of organized municipalities.  Probably won't happen though.

Maybe they should consider banning new refineries from being built within city limits of organized municipalities, that would be nice.

What? Are you living in Hobbs? Just kidding but the last time I was there the whole place smelled like burning beach balls.

Hobbs is definitely the entry point to Hell


I see what you did there.
 
edmo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 10:26:28 AM  

emersonbiggins: TMYK - Texas went the opposite way with this, and banned municipalities from regulating O&G extraction much at all within their boundaries.


Tantor: LA's progressive governance has a well earned reputation for exceedingly poor decision making. Hard to see how this will turn out any differently.   Morons.


Chaos or regulation? I've spent time in both places and I know which I'd prefer.
 
BonoboJeezus
2023-02-03 12:31:15 PM  
And if you can't prohibit wells in town, require that the well owners, and their entire families, must actually LIVE onsite. It's way too easy for pollution execs to live in some remote paradise while pumping toxins elsewhere. So see how their wives and children like it.
 
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