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March 04, 2019 10:01 AM UTC
12 Comments
Don't forget how badly Stalinist 112 was crushed. And existing federal fifth amendment protections still apply.
So don’t invest in cow chip futures just yet.
Can we get "Oil and Gas Industry Shows Their Junk" instead? Thanks.
Now who would get upset over a little thing like that?
Elections have consequences.
O&G Industry is all-in with the Republican Party and climate deniers. There is no-one to negotiate with in the Republican Party, and you can't negotiate with someone who is besties with your enemy.
They are so f-in' stupid, as if their money doesn't stink like sulfur.
Here's the deal: We offer you Nothing.
If you want a seat at the table:
(1) You will accept heavy regulation on pollution and health issues,
(2) We are transitioning to clean energy sooner rather than later. Either get on the train or get out of the way.
3. In the next election they will come at you with $100 million and throw your Stalinist asses out. That's the price of overreach.
You got me there.
I was not paying attention the huge majority of people who love pollution. I also didn't notice the huge majority who are opposed to clean energy.
So, you're saying Stalinist 112 won?
Well, it was actually about $32 million against Prop 112, but who's counting.
Also, Prop 112 was very inflexible – it had no local control provisions – so projecting that its failure will correspond to a similar outcome regarding the Legislature acting in this way (and providing for some local control of surface operations) is, I think, quite a stretch. People tend to trust their local governments a lot more than the State (and far far more than the Fed).
And, Stalinist? Really? Stalin would have nationalized the oil companies and stolen their profits. Who here is proposing anything similar? Such rhetoric makes you sound like a CPAC attendee.
So, it's money that's evil. This from a hypocrite whose candidate for governor spent over $20 million to buy th e office! Yes, 112 was Stalinist, designed to destro y 85 percent of t he gas industry without a penny compensation.
you and your goons lost, big time.
Well, of course! After all:
Stalin: 20 million killed, not to mention the millions of unnecessary deaths due to incompetent leadership during the Great Patriotic War
S.B. 181: Fails to fellate the O&G industry with sufficient enthusiasm.
See? Pretty much identical.
I never said 181 was Stalinist. 112 was Stalinist, seizing billions in private property without compensation. But you knew that, Comrade!
I haven’t read 181. But have some faith in the legislative process. If it has flaws — and what doesn’t — they will be debated in many hearings. Not all Democrats want to destroy the oil and gas industry and live in a yurt. These moderates will be heard in the days ahead, even if they were frozen out of the drafting process.
Democracy is messy, yes. But Stalinist 112 was an assault on the democratic process. 181 is representative government at work.
Let the process play out before you invest in cow chip futures!
That's very well put, Park Hill. The O&G industry gives zero shits about "a legitimate debate." As shenanigans in recent years fully establish, the industry's idea of legitimate debate is "Fuck you; we get whatever we want."
The U.S. is the worldwide leader in oil production. Since new wells are not even remotely profitable absent public subsidies, it's all happening on the backs of taxpayers. That makes this here industry the biggest welfare queen in world history. The key is going after the subsidies. If the maggots who run the industry can be convinced there's a credible threat to their massive corporate welfare, then maybe–just maybe–they'll start falling in line.