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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:07 PM Original message |
The real jobs program: more on North Dakota and the Bakken Shale. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. So I gather you support and like to promote FRACKING. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. JOBS. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. UNSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL DESTRUCTION n/t |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. WHICH WILL HAPPEN WHEREEVER WE GET OUR OIL. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You have no idea what is involved in fracking do you? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Is it worse than the gulf oil spill or the canadian oil sands? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Read this from Wikipedia: |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Hogwash, Durham! It's been release as "proprietary" n/t |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Huh? |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It was a sarcastic comment to how they have not release exactly what constitutes the fluids... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Its a dance with death. nt |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. So I gather that you have no idea |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You must be one of those people who keep writing/calling me to |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Nope |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Have you visited there recently? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Tell that to the college kids sitting outside Wall Street with huge debts and no hope. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. A majority of those college kids probably hold the environment in very high regard... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Those kids can not do those jobs in the oil patch. nt |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Fracking won't; solar would generate enthusiasm |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I've been screaming "solar jobs!" since Obama got elected. |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
59. Can you link to your posts promoting solar energy? |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. What world are you living in that you think N.Dakota oil jobs will raise the nation from poverty? |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Do what we can where we can. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. How about starting with the areas affected the hardest. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. I think most of them... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Oh we've screwed up everything for our kids. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Ain't that the truth. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
51. " the college kids sitting outside Wall Street with huge debts and no hope." |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Yup. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hell yes! |
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cap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. After you hit North Dakota |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Has your fresh water |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Unrec |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I see we have a couple of people in this and the last thread who - |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. We should take this issue seriously |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The issue is not just a drilling rig - its the damn fracking. nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. See my comment at post #15 |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. I've been watching what's happening in ND for several years |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is this more of the 70,000 workers for a million BPD fantasy you keep promoting? |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Wrong |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Haha. Iam speaking of what I know. I work in the oilfield. |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
61. Only 5 years |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. There was a report in the local paper last week that said |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. All these vague numbers keep being mentioned but not a single breakdown. Wierd. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Ohio county in West Virginia just on the other side of the river |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Oil jobs suck. We want better for our kids and our environment. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. The few lucky workers getting jobs out there are making out like bandits. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. And some are getting killed - |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Rig jobs have always been dangerous |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
25. unRec Where are all those 'green' jobs Obama campaigned on? |
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zazen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
26. I thought it was their state bank, per this article |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It is. |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. 35-mile fluid leak: another fracking accident |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Now compound this by 'xyz' |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Woohoo! Let's destroy the environment so a few people will have jobs for a few months! |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
39. There are other big reasons you don't mention, computer jobs, Medicare billing, healthcare |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. How many of those jobs are secondary jobs to service |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Microsoft. Medicare billing. Health care, cancer, etc. Not much to do with oil industry. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
54. Like the gold rush it will last until the oil runs out. Anyone know how |
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DrunkenBoat (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. Wheee!! Everyone moves to North Dakota!!! |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-19-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
58. Other places out west have gone through recent boom/bust cycles with oil, gas, minerals. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-20-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
60. Montana is sitting on the same shale oil |
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