Politics are teh sux
I was peeling potatos with my dad just now, and he was telling me this story of a concrete job he helped his friend Buzz with. The owner is German, and was talking to them about these oil wells in Oklahoma. He and his friend had put bids on buying some of these oil wells, and once they won, started pumping like $100,000 worth of oil out of them a -day-. Then apparently the government passed a law that forced all independant oil wells to be shut down in the United States, or at least Oklahoma.
The guy said you wouldn’t believe how much oil we still have here in the U.S. but that the government only wants to try and purchase foreign oil. I guess cause it’s cheaper and they can use it as an excuse to hike up prices or some shit. Who really knows.
Can’t say I’m surprised.
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3 Responses to “Politics are teh sux”
December 25th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Indeed, plus I imagine too that they would rather use up other countries natural resources too first.
But yeah, politics suck, it’s just a big game of back scratching that only benefits the elite and screws the rest of the world in general.
December 27th, 2006 at 9:39 am
the gov’t also controls how many refineries we have. if it makes you feel better, we are in an oil boom right now. we are drilling quite a bit of oil. my family “hotshots” for the oil field. they deliver and pick up equipment to the rigs. there is a lot of money in it. its crazy!
btw, the boom is estimated to last another 10 years.
December 27th, 2006 at 11:53 am
Just enough time to set myself up for eco-friendly off-the-gridness!