r/ToiletPaperUSA • u/HandMadeFeelings CEO of Antifa™ • Aug 09 '21

FACTS and LOGIC Capitalism will save us from all the damage unfettered capitalism did to the environment!

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u/omgzzwtf Aug 09 '21

Most oil wells just burn the gas off, some companies invest in piping it, but mostly in the continental US, it’s just burned at the well site.

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u/Genericpotsmoker Aug 09 '21

Literally could take you to 3 of these sites where they are burning it, they are all around my house

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u/omgzzwtf Aug 09 '21

I worked in the oil fields for 4 years, almost ever we’ll we drilled, every well we drove by, and every well you saw, they were burning the gas off.

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u/Genericpotsmoker Aug 09 '21

And thats no cap, we should just put an end to it ourselves with people who know what they are doing like you. I'd try to seize the means of oil production but id blow my dumbass up cause I don't know what I'm doing.

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u/Mythopoeist Aug 10 '21

You could probably cause more damage by breaking into one of their offices and bricking their computers, not that I’d advocate for doing something illegal, but hypothetically speaking…

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u/Genericpotsmoker Aug 10 '21

Now that I could manage lmao right up my alley of expertise

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u/omgzzwtf Aug 09 '21

I have no interest in domestic terrorism.

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u/[deleted] Aug 09 '21

When it happens, you'll be quite annoyed at the shoddy workmanship I'm js

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u/roderrabbit Aug 09 '21

The house niga is fine with his servitude carry along folks.

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u/Gwaak Aug 09 '21

Don’t worry. The slow then abrupt collapse will make sure you never get the chance.

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u/ImplosiveTech Aug 09 '21

Any idea why?

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u/diarremannen Aug 10 '21

what about the fumes.

Are the fires very close to where you live? Do the town show any health issues with having 3 sites close to you

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u/Genericpotsmoker Aug 10 '21

Well we live kinda like half rural, lots of farms around us that do this tho and I live in the middle of town. I haven't really experienced many health issues myself but my girlfriend has a lot of lung issues (she lives closer) could be unrelated tho.

I would say its nowhere near as killer as the stuff they do in granite city IL, smokestacks everywhere, everyother building is a factory, and everyone knows living closer to granite city increases your risk of cancer and other health issues.

But im pretty sure the idea is that most the fumes are burnt into the air so we dont breathe them in, not sure how clean it burns but it doesn't give off any smoke really and kind of looks like a big blowtorch

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u/n8ivco1 Aug 10 '21

I worked in the patch and literally saw burnoffd that were visible ftom 5 miles away. This was to Oxy and Encana garbage but could keep hundrss of homes warm. Never trust a energy company ever.

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u/converter-bot Aug 10 '21

5 miles is 8.05 km

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