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Socal has a lot of places that are damned from a refinery like this too. El Segundo, Wilmington, Torrance, Signal Hill, but also and anywhere downwind of LAX or
by asdff 3y ago
Socal has a lot of places that are damned from a refinery like this too. El Segundo, Wilmington, Torrance, Signal Hill, but also and anywhere downwind of LAX or the Port of LA/LB, plus other industrial centers, or really anywhere because they pull oil from all over the place. Beverly Center mall for example has oil wells hidden on site. Same with Beverly hills highschool. It's probably at least a few million people I'd guess in areas with air quality affected by industry and especially the petroleum industry.
It's amazing how all you hear are crickets on the issue from Sacramento, while the state's own university researchers routinely publish on the issue to deaf ears. I guess it just goes to show where the money and true priorities lie among the legislature.
- rootusrootus 3y ago> Beverly Center mall for example has oil wells hidden on site That's fascinating to read about. It sounds like all the drilling for that oil field happens from that one location now? They use angled bores to draw from different parts of the field.
- asdff 3y agoThere are a few more sites in west LA alone they pull from. Some fields are still pretty large though, like the Inglewood Oil Field (1). Many are idle though and apparently 2/3 of idle wells leak and cause health issues in California. https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=cf781e76361e44f2b1dfa78c62dd62c2 https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=cf78...
- jahewson 3y agoA year ago LA voted to end phase out oil extraction by 2045.
- mixmastamyk 3y agoThe Santa Susanna Field Lab had at least one nuclear reactor (built without containment) blow up. They also dumped toxic chemicals and waste often. In the hills between LA and Ventura counties. Story was buried for decades. Lots of folks in Simi Valley have died of cancer. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory - https://parentsagainstssfl.com/ https://parentsagainstssfl.com/
- _yb2s 3y agoI've driven through that campus... very interesting and creepy