reply to post by zarp3333
Honestly, for too long, too few have profited too much from selling the citizens of the world a natural resource owned by all of us. What gives
them the right? It's time to take it back and ATS will be a site offering practical advice on just how to do it. Take that Mr. Standard Oil.
Sorry, but that just reflects acomplete misunderstanding of basic property law, mineral rights, and free market ecomonics.
Uncle Jed owns a piece of land. Got a problem with private property ownership?
Jed owns everything below his land and above it within his ability to capture and utilize it, so long as it does not interfere with others'
superseding rights (easements of necessity, such as overflight for aircraft, satellites, birds, et c.).
Jed's land sits over a pool of crude that spreads out under Zarp and Jethro's land, but they have no idea what "guzzinta" taking crude from the
ground.
Jed makes a hole and finds "bubblin' crude."
Jed leases a part of his land to "Mr. Standard Oil," who owns a big drill, hired a crew, and knows someone who will refine, bottle and sell Jed's
crude.
"Mr. Standard Oil" agrees to pay Jed for the use of the land, and a portion of the revenue (royalties) he gets from selling the crude.
Under Jed's "right of capture," he can drain all of the oil, with "Mr. Standard Oil's" help, from the entire pool.
Jed's family tells him that California is the place he oughta be, so they load up the truck and they move to Beverly (Hills, that is)..
Meanwhile, Zarp, Jethro (and Rossi) whine and moan that, " too few have profited too much from selling the citizens of the world a natural resource
owned by all of us;" instead of doing something constructive about it, like providing schematics and materials lists for an "invention" they claim
will make Jed and "Mr. Standard Oil" obsolete.
How sad.
Someone shoould make a movie.
jw.