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Yes. Tell me if this is obliquely related. See, I had to say obliquely in case some blog poster thinks I only know three letter words. Oops, digressed.
Anyway, have you ever noticed this noble cause circulating around Otero Mesa? Supposedly there is some natural gas and oil under it and the purported environmentalists are aghast that anyone would ever consider drilling for it.
There complaints are all like... 'Otero Mesa has the largest continuous expanse of black grama grass of anywhere in the world, to put a road across that for some vulgar pursuit of commerce would just be horrible'. or 'if they drill there the water table might get contaminated'.
Of course nobody is allowed to say anything contrary to these sort of assertions, else demogogues will come out and pound on their heads and accuse them of wanting to spew goo all over the place.
But this Otero Mesa, all of these guys are hysterical about it, how many of them have ever even seen it?
Of course I guess that is a Q.E.D. for the claim that it is wilderness, but really no one goes there for any kind of recreation or retreat. I'd wager that the advocates couldn't even locate it on an unlabeled map.
But at some point it all becomes ridiculous because it kind of reduces to this. Everybody wants to be comfortable but they don't want to do anything. Not only do they not want to do anything, they don't want anybody else to do anything.
I don't want you guys drilling Otero Mesa because, well, nobody lives there and well, nobody goes there, and well, somebody doing something ... I might not like it.
People who don't do anything or have never done anything don't really understand how anything works. It is bad news when those guys control government.
Arguing that oil or gas wells pollute the water table is stupid and dishonest. Oil and gas wells have to be cased. That means a sreel pipe lines the hole. If they were not cased, there would be no way to get the gas or oil out. That casing protects the water table. If not for a casing the oil well would be a water well. A well without a casing would be like sucking your Slurpee through a straw made of cloth.
An argument came out of Sante Fe supposing the likelyhood of that sort of pollution. It came from a state engineer so it had that patina of ostensible credibility. But then again, some of us figure that intelligence and honesty aren't necessarily what it takes to float to the top in Sante Fe.
Figure this. State government taxes energy production in NM. It is called excise tax. The tax collectors in Sante Fe can snicker behind their hands and pop champaign corks when the price of natural gas goes up. They get more money. Do you think they might have an interest in artificially constraining the supply of natural gas?
You think that state governemt engineer is worried about how high his kid turns up the thermostat? I don't think so.
Grandmas are going to bed with long underwear under their pajam
...Grandmas are going to bed with long underwear under their pajamas and still end up shivering. But hey, us chumps are conditioned to suppose that it is those nasty energy corporations that are gouging us.
Here is a little tidbit that will have state employees and tax collectors cringing.
In Alaska, there is no state income tax. Actually every resident, every man woman and child, gets a dividend from the proceeds of Alaska's energy excise tax. Last I heard it was 2000 dollars. Family of 5 gets ten thousand dollars.
Don't get caught doing this math. Lets see, last I heard, state permanent fund was upwards of 4 billion. Divide that by what, how many residents in NM?
'Course I should be a little bit grateful. There was a tax rebate of like 80 bucks a while ago. Then again, do the math, or just guess... time how many residents? Or did all that just pan out to be a 'trickle down'?
In NM all we get are fat guys in Sante Fe becoming 'self made' millionairs out of their 'commisions' for managing the permanent fund. Next thing you know, the'll be telling us that they're using the money to buy us 'free energy'.
It's Santa Fe. Not Sante Fe.
Most of the area around Otero Mesa is already available for drilling, it is relatively a small area that environmentalists and sportsman want to keep free of drilling, but again don't let the facts get in the way of your digital diarrhea.
If you want to see the damage caused by access roads to drilling sites just check out the four corners area.
I been to the four corners area and I've driven the back roads there. Access roads to drill sites are not damage. What you are really saying is that you don't 'like' roads. How funny is that? I bet you got in a car this morning and it started right up. So eh, sparky, where does oil come from?
Facts?... relatively small area? Somehow it didn't sound like that coming from the demogogues.
I don't believe you.
I agree with a lot of stuff that you blog about - other stuff I don't. You need a reality check on global warming - it's as real as your kids.
thanks george... you help keep my arguments on the ground.
Isn't there an aquifer under the Otero Mesa? Water is more important than oil or natural gas.
It's a long term idea dudes.
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