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<blockquote data-quote="okietool" data-source="post: 2709401" data-attributes="member: 6030"><p>You know, the guys and gals that got laid off, probably aren't interested in political debate about why we need to move to alternative energy, how evil oil companies are or who's really getting the subsidies.</p><p></p><p></p><p>1krr. This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttx6PtZnl10" target="_blank">video</a> is for you, rigging up a drilling rig and building a windmill are similar only in the same sense that building a radio tower and a rig are similar. Unit drilling and H&P also have similar graphic representations of a rig up.</p><p></p><p>The video is a very simplified version of what goes on, but one of the main points of interest is between 30 and 40 seconds in. The latest technology rigs are all very similar to this. Even if you were constructing a wind project that took a year for manual labor ( and that is what roughnecking is) that's only about 4 or 5 holes for the average rig in Oklahoma. </p><p></p><p>H&P alone laid off 2000 so far, I doubt there will ever be 2000 jobs available in the wind industry in Oklahoma. But it is a good thought, just don't try to make out that the jobs are similar.</p><p>Everyone gets it, you don't like oil and gas exploration companies or their sub-contractors, you like green (so called) energy. You know what, so do oil and gas exploration companies, that's the reason they invest in it.</p><p></p><p>Oklahoma for the foreseeable future is tied to oil & gas and farming & ranching. So far manufacturing hasn't had much love for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="okietool, post: 2709401, member: 6030"] You know, the guys and gals that got laid off, probably aren't interested in political debate about why we need to move to alternative energy, how evil oil companies are or who's really getting the subsidies. 1krr. This [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttx6PtZnl10"]video[/URL] is for you, rigging up a drilling rig and building a windmill are similar only in the same sense that building a radio tower and a rig are similar. Unit drilling and H&P also have similar graphic representations of a rig up. The video is a very simplified version of what goes on, but one of the main points of interest is between 30 and 40 seconds in. The latest technology rigs are all very similar to this. Even if you were constructing a wind project that took a year for manual labor ( and that is what roughnecking is) that's only about 4 or 5 holes for the average rig in Oklahoma. H&P alone laid off 2000 so far, I doubt there will ever be 2000 jobs available in the wind industry in Oklahoma. But it is a good thought, just don't try to make out that the jobs are similar. Everyone gets it, you don't like oil and gas exploration companies or their sub-contractors, you like green (so called) energy. You know what, so do oil and gas exploration companies, that's the reason they invest in it. Oklahoma for the foreseeable future is tied to oil & gas and farming & ranching. So far manufacturing hasn't had much love for us. [/QUOTE]
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