As a solution.. what would you do with the entire oil industry? You do realise just how many jobs are tied into it, right? I bet you have no idea
Millions and Millions! And that's just the people that are US Natives. That's not counting the millions of others from other countries that come
here and work side by side.
ok... Now, once we get rid of the rig problem... Then you go refinery workers.. Then 3rd party workers, which are just as plentiful as the hands on a
rig, that NEED the rig to survive and be able to eat.
That's just the inner circle. Now, imagine how many millions more are related to the oilfield just the same.. Then, imagine all your plastics
dissapearing since you cant make that stuff, and MANY MANY other products without oil. 90% and more of everything you have around you, coke bottles,
key chains, hats, guns, plates, beds, everything that makes up your car, except the metal of course, not just what's run in your car.. all of that
needs oil to be made. Imagine a world without oil, then you can imagine a world without industry, everything.. We'd still be in wooden shacks,
living off of the land, no cars, no tv, no electricity.. Ya think you work hard now? We'd be cutting wood, farming, fishing, building homes from
daylight to dark every day while relying on livestock to carry us around again.
Oilrigs are regulated. If there is a drop of hydrocarbon of anykind on the ground and a safety man/woman see it, you can bet your butt you'll get
written up, shut down and probably fired. OSHA is VERY strict about that. Offshore needs more help, i agree. Land rigs are very clean. We dont
just dump the stuff on the ground. Those pits you see next to those rigs are mud resevoirs. They're lined and it all gets picked up when done.
Every drop!
Why do most people who know nothing about the oilfield always bash it but cant tell you one simple thing about how the bloody things are run? Just
because it's there, it's an eyesore... it's pulling oil from the ground so it's raping the land of resources ....we wouldnt have if we didnt pull
it up in the first place. If we didnt pull it up, it would find it's way to the surface like many other patches of oil have done for millions of
years. Many people dont even realise that oil does come to the surface. It's not always 14K feet under the earth. At least when we pull it up, we
dont leave it on the ground. Nature just leaves it there to kill anything green it covers. ..and it stays there.
