Wehrwolfen
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- May 22, 2012
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Global Warming
time to save the chickens ...
Perhaps you should be discussing this issue with India, Pakistan, your friends the Chinese and the Russians? Especially since these are the countries that are manufacturing and out producing Carbon emmissions more than America. We know that China and Russia have destroyed their environment and have no intentions of following any environmental protocols. The U.S. petroleum industry at this point in time is the most regulated industry and you insist that the praire chicken is endangered by a 5 acre foot print of a drilling rig.
I've been to many rigs where the pad was less than 2 acres, bearly had room to trun a truck around. Most in W. Texas are 3-4 acres unless they plan to put down multiple directional holes from the same pad, then they can get considerably larger.
You're right. I thought I'd take the average size of the oil rig foot print.
What about the fact that other countries have little to no environmental restrictions? Should we be imposing oir rules on others or let them destroy the same earth we are seeking to protect?