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Oil derricks right in the middle of neighborhoods? Great idea! Apartments? Not in my backyard!!1 Oil platforms a few miles offshore a busy public beach? Sure w
by rcpt 5y ago
Oil derricks right in the middle of neighborhoods? Great idea! Apartments? Not in my backyard!!1
Oil platforms a few miles offshore a busy public beach? Sure why not? Offshore wind farms? Illegal!!
- gedy 5y agoIn all fairness, these rigs probably predate the great increase in population in OC. I doubt NIMBYs would go for this nowadays.
- mushbino 5y agoWho do you imagine would go for it? These wells have been nothing but a disaster from Santa Barbara on down.
- jaycroft 5y agoI understand the sentiment, but in this case it's more like, neighborhoods built around oil derricks. Go look up pictures of HB from the early 20's. It was all farmland until oil was discovered, the city came later, with the first developments being built in the 50's. Just about every house in the city along the coast sits atop a capped well.
- pokstad 5y agoYup, also check out photos of Signal Hill (AKA Porcupine Hill). Now every piece of land is developed around the remaining oil derricks.
- m0llusk 5y agoMy understanding is that plans have been put in motion to eliminate all oil wells from the LA area.
- squidlogic 5y agoHB is in Orange County
- imnotlost 5y agoThe offshore platforms are in federal waters.