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Cleita

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1. This is plain wrong. We the people own that land and should be

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Original post)

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 12:19 PM

Dec 2012

taking bids for contracts for companies to extract that oil for our benefit, the proceeds to go to taking care of California's fiscal problem and fund our social programs. The oil will be extracted one way or the other, but keeping it in the hands of the people should keep the environmental impact to a minimum. Allowing it to become privatized won't guarantee that.

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Feds auction prime Calif. land for oil development [View all] Le Taz Hot Dec 2012 OP

This is plain wrong. We the people own that land and should be Cleita Dec 2012 #1

It's public land that the Bureau of Land Management is in charge of and they, by law, must byeya Dec 2012 #2

Pollute the water & lands all around - threaten people & wildlife LaPera Dec 2012 #3

I'll be there with you Xithras Dec 2012 #4

Fracking vs Largest earthquake faults in the US =? GoldenOldie Dec 2012 #5

There's very little chance of any permits being issued for fracking near the San Andreas itself. Xithras Dec 2012 #6

I wouldn't be so sure about that. Seems it is already being done near the fault. sdfernando Dec 2012 #8

Fracking poison into land water blkmusclmachine Dec 2012 #7

And this benefits us how, exactly? KamaAina Dec 2012 #9