I am the pee-on right now cause I haven't graduated yet, so I'm always going out in the field and trust me the roads will be fixed, but as long as rigs are still driving in that area they won't fix them (no point).

You don't offend me at all bro, I understand your concerns.

 

NO not at all I enjoy a good debate.... I am just saying it just takes one accident... And if you read the news about these new drilling platforms you will know that only 1/4 of them are inspected, because they are poping up so fast... Also if they started drilling in CO and had an accident. Do you understand the reprocussion of that? 1 drop of oil contaminates 1000 gallons of water... CO provides most of the drinking water for all the surrounding states including CA and Nevada, due to all the snow melt off the mountains.... 1 accident will completely screw up the drinking water for millions, that is what I am getting at... It just takes 1 stupid glue-sniffer to affect the lives of millions...

 

Are you seriously saying that drilling sucked up all that water from the rains? Im just saying if you are so concerned about water usage then you need to look at yourself too. The US economy doesnt need your pretty lawn it needs petroleum based products run and will continue to for a while. Hopefully now that things are getting so expensive alot of products will move away from being petroleum based. I just so happened to be a construction materials inspector and one of my jobs is test soils for optimum moisture and compaction for building foundations and the drying up yard cracking you foundation is absolutely false UNLESS your house is built on a highly expansive clay then you may have problems but the people who built your house should take that into account if you are on a high PI(plasticity index) soil such as the venerable red and dark brown texas clay. Most houses built in an expansive clay area are built with a pier and beam foundation not a post-tensioned slab on grade.

 

Cool, just understand what they say and what they do are two different things...

 

have you see your truck lately?

 

And in the case of CO it may not be in our best interest to drill there I agree, I havent researched that enough to know for sure. But offshore drilling and AK drilling isnt bad IMO. Then there is the whole deposit under SD to think about.

 

Ill check back later on, on these two threads I have a rebar and building pad inspection to do, dont have too much fun without me

 

I am not saying drilling sucked up all the water... However there was alot in the news about this last year when we were not allowed to water our yard but the drilling rigs were allowed all the water they want... You can live in a dust bowl if you want, however I have spent quite a bit of money on my yard, landscaping and planting trees not to water it...


So your saying that my foundation will not be affected one bit if it never gets watered again? the ground shrinking due to lack of moisture wont do anything, I am not doubting you because you work in the field, however it does not make sense to me...

 

I know it is dirty but my lawn looks good!

 

I just want to point out that not all the tree-hugging, left-wing, environmentalists live in California....see!