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Just replied to parent, but you don't actually own the land. You are given certain mineral lights. You actually, explicitly, can't block the public from accessi
by bitexploder 6y ago
Just replied to parent, but you don't actually own the land. You are given certain mineral lights. You actually, explicitly, can't block the public from accessing the land. There are a lot of rules and regulations. You don't own the land in any real sense, just certain mineral rights.
- xenocyon 6y agoBut drilling fundamentally and permanently alters the land, even if it is a lease rather than a purchase.
- refurb 6y agoThat’s why companies are required to return the land to the way they found it. Unless there is some sort of a spill there, the land is most certainly not “fundamentally and permanently” altered.
- icedistilled 6y agoBut they often don't.
- barney54 6y agoDrilling for oil and gas doesn’t actually change the surface much. It doesn’t change the contour of the land or result in much subsidence. Mining is a different story.
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoUntil there's a spill (or, even better, an unnoticed leak) and the water supply is contaminated. Aw shucks, just an act of God. What can you do?