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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 4111865" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>[USER=48618]@AER244[/USER] Sorry if you thought I was throwing shade at you personally, that wasn't my intention. What I was really meaning to criticize was the old mantra that we are going to run out. That's a pet peeve of mine. My high school English teacher was a died in the wool "we are going to run out!" alarmist. He drove a VW bug, wore tie dyed shirts, and had a righteous beard too. He was a good teacher tho. That was 1979.</p><p></p><p>I jettisoned myself from all the industry forums because of all the younger people preaching the current .gov speak. I guess it's to be expected with basically everyone in our industry having a college degree and the indoctrination that goes on in academia. Another peeve. Yes I'm crotchety. lol</p><p></p><p>I'm all for research, just let the free market capitalists do it like in the past. They always figured it out and will continue to do so. What's going on today with the green agenda is basically the same thing only it's morphed into a giant worldwide political movement with the stated intent to delete what allowed us to become the greatest country on earth. We know what works. O&G. That's what built this country. It's required for everything we do or have in life today and they are trying to flush it down the toilet.</p><p></p><p>How many played out fields are there that were written off years and years ago that are producing today like they never did before? I've heard of horizontal wells paying out in 30-60 days right here in Oklahoma. Did they do that in the '70s boom? Nope. Have you seen drill plats in the permian? They make Oklahoma drilling look like kindergarten work. I'll attach one in case you haven't.</p><p></p><p>There's no reason to think that new fields won't be discovered and drilling technology and production methods won't continue to advance like they always have unless we allow it to cease. Mankind will adapt in the 400-500 years it will take to deplete O&G. For us to move over to green just gives green more ammunition to shoot at us. My ----> <img src="/images/smilies/twocents.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":twocents:" title="Twocents :twocents:" data-shortname=":twocents:" /></p><p></p><p>This is just a few sections in Midland County, TX. Practically all of Midland and Martin counties look like this. This extends over into New Mexico too. We ain't running out for at least several more generations...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408714[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 4111865, member: 3099"] [USER=48618]@AER244[/USER] Sorry if you thought I was throwing shade at you personally, that wasn't my intention. What I was really meaning to criticize was the old mantra that we are going to run out. That's a pet peeve of mine. My high school English teacher was a died in the wool "we are going to run out!" alarmist. He drove a VW bug, wore tie dyed shirts, and had a righteous beard too. He was a good teacher tho. That was 1979. I jettisoned myself from all the industry forums because of all the younger people preaching the current .gov speak. I guess it's to be expected with basically everyone in our industry having a college degree and the indoctrination that goes on in academia. Another peeve. Yes I'm crotchety. lol I'm all for research, just let the free market capitalists do it like in the past. They always figured it out and will continue to do so. What's going on today with the green agenda is basically the same thing only it's morphed into a giant worldwide political movement with the stated intent to delete what allowed us to become the greatest country on earth. We know what works. O&G. That's what built this country. It's required for everything we do or have in life today and they are trying to flush it down the toilet. How many played out fields are there that were written off years and years ago that are producing today like they never did before? I've heard of horizontal wells paying out in 30-60 days right here in Oklahoma. Did they do that in the '70s boom? Nope. Have you seen drill plats in the permian? They make Oklahoma drilling look like kindergarten work. I'll attach one in case you haven't. There's no reason to think that new fields won't be discovered and drilling technology and production methods won't continue to advance like they always have unless we allow it to cease. Mankind will adapt in the 400-500 years it will take to deplete O&G. For us to move over to green just gives green more ammunition to shoot at us. My ----> :twocents: This is just a few sections in Midland County, TX. Practically all of Midland and Martin counties look like this. This extends over into New Mexico too. We ain't running out for at least several more generations... [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot 2023-09-07 at 10.59.34 PM.png"]408714[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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