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ABZ

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  1. I found out about Notrees for the first time two months ago, on my way to Hobbs, NM from Odessa. But seriously, this is some bullshit.
  2. What a name indeed... Looks like they are trying to pull most of this water from a relatively small area, with many wells near their property lines. This property is in the extreme SW corner of Anderson county. I'd be pissed if I was their neighbor. Sidenote: That area is in the Elkhart-Mount Enterprise fault zone, a zone associated with salt related structures in the East Texas Salt Basin. Due to the faulting and structures, naturally occurring crude oil from deeper reservoirs/shales (Austin Chalk-Eagle Ford-Woodbine) has migrated upwards via faults and filled many of these shallow sands (Queen City-Carrizo-Wilcox) over geologic time. It has since become biodegraded and heavy. There are a few commercial heavy oil fields producing from the Carrizo and Wilcox, but the oil is literally everywhere in this region of Anderson county in some quantity. Water for small local municipalities pump fresh water out of zones in lateral contact with the heavy crude oil. I am nearly positive that these small municipalities and private well operators do not look for organic components (they do what they are required by regulatory agencies). There are highly likely naturally occurring, dangerous, soluble organic compounds (VOCs, BETX) in a lot of the drinking water, at what concentrations, Idk. I guess that's what you get with limiting regulatory requirements. Leopards and all that. In summary, some rural folks may already be fucked. I know I wouldn't drink the water from the faulted areas without sufficient testing for those specific contaminants.
  3. I think its just him finding them ugly. His golf course just north of Aberdeen has giant windmills just offshore "ruining" his aesthetic.
  4. Yes, Jap Lane in Vidor/Orange County. Looks like its now called Japanese Lane. Story behind the name: http://hirasaki.net/Family_Stories/Kishi_Colony/Kishi.htm The website is of a George Hirasaki from Vidor, now a professor at Rice, who I've gotten to work with. CSB: Back when George was at Shell, he was first boss of my own advisor who I had while at UT. Also, George's brother lived in quarantine with the astronauts from Apollo 11 after getting back from the moon.
  5. He must've been a roadie for Metallica. Heard the same thing.
  6. Anyone else think Harris English looks like he could be Lane Kiffin's brother?
  7. I hear this in the Betty Blackwell commercial voice.
  8. I'm assumed he meant sending out alerts locally/statewide like when a cop stubs his toe on the job.
  9. Agreed. Wasn't trying to imply they could. Most of their unconventional resources are gas from tight sandstones and shale, and coal-bed methane.
  10. China produces ~4 million barrels per day, but their demand is much higher. Their largest field, Daqing, was discovered in the 1959 and they continue to operate it to maximize production without major concerns about economics as it is a strategic necessity.
  11. The whole crop growing aspect is complete bullshit. The "fresh" water used for fracking in the Permian is normally about 4,000 ppm to 15,000 ppm total dissolved solids (TDS) and very high in calcium and sulfate. The produced water salinity from Permian oil wells depends on the formation and geographic area, but normally ranges from 80,000 ppm to 190,000 ppm TDS. For reference, most drinking water is under 500 ppm TDS. The vast majority of the water, if not all, is way too saline to use on crops or for livestock, not to mention the dangers of containing dissolved organic molecules from the crude oil.
  12. Got lunch there today as well before headed out of town for a couple of weeks. Steak and enchilada combo for the win. Best deal in town at $14. Was $11.50 or $12.50 until about a year ago.
  13. I think something about the distributor trying to fuck them over, so they vowed not to use Lonestar. That's because they don't have a fryer.
  14. This asshole?
  15. That sucks. Hope it manages to survive intact for perpetuity. Love that place. Go almost every week.
  16. You may be able to get temporary accommodations and use said address if they'll let you pay with a credit card. I had a relocation service that paid for a temporary place for me for about a month, and I used that temporary address to open my bank account. I had my work write a letter proving my address, role, salary, and permanence of the job and took that to the bank in the UK to get an account. I used Barclay's FWIW. You probably are well versed in having to transfer money internationally, living overseas, but I used Transferwise (now called Wise I believe) to transfer money between my US and UK banks with minimal transfer fees. There may be better options out there today.
  17. LO-fucking-L "And the obsession with freedom, bro? You have a thousand laws about what you can do with your own body. You can buy a rifle faster than you can get a library card. That’s not freedom, that’s live-action satire" "The heat is unbearable. You’re not sweating, you’re slow roasting in cowboy purgatory, and Texans are out here in denim and boots like its springtime in Paris." "Texas is not a place; its a coping mechanism disguised as a state."
  18. Funny. That show has a longhorn. Fahad Albutairi. I drank with him at the Posse a few times. I didn't know about the show, but recognized him. Small world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahad_Albutairi
  19. that was the joke
  20. What's the over-under on months until this guy gets arrested for a sex crime via some sting operation? Is 18 about right? 14 feels more right for him...
  21. I was thinking the chip, or "mark" if you will, could be provided by a new government organization called the Bureau of European Ancestry Substantiation and Tracking
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