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Protesters can't stop sale of 116 parcels
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We are being sold out
The State belongs to the People
There seems to be a problem with this idea!
Most of the protestors couldn't tell you where the land is. Just another environmentalist freak show.
The United States needs jobs and it needs energy. Drilling would help with both of these. We are more dependent on foreign sources than ever before.
That said, the solution is not solely "drill baby drill". Conservation has its part to play. We can play our part by ensuring our cars are properly tuned and our tires properly inflated.
We need to develop new and alternate sources of energy. I am most excited about the prospect of increased use of geothermal and the government recently opened a lot of land to geothermal use.
Wind is a decent source and it should be fully developed. There are now wave machines that look like long snakes that can take energy from waves. We need to fully develop all these.
Again, these oil leases are a good thing, but they are not the whole answer, what we need is a comprehensive approach.
For all of you bemoaning the fact of these sales, get a clue. Most of these will produce nothing, and when they produce nothing, nothing happens to them.
The Sky isn't falling, the sun will come up tomorrow, and the land as you remember it will look just the same when they are done extracting those fossil fuels you burn everyday, while going to the jobs you enviro nazis supposedly have.
Too bad there is soo much misinformation out there, just the way Suwa wants it. Keep their lemmings uninformed as to how the exploration truly happens, and keep feeding the masses BS, and the money will keep rolling into their pockets.
Sad, really, but one day all you greenies will understand that just because you have it, doesn't mean that others wouldn't like to have those same comforts you have.
But hey I guess as long as you have yours why worry about the others who might not?
basin oil bum, I live in the Basin, too, and a quick look at Google Earth shows me how extensively pockmarked by development the Book Cliffs have become. I haven't opposed that. But when you propose drilling right next to Dinosaur National Monument, you will get a lot of opposition. And don't tell me I won't notice the results; if you have any science or land management background, you know that our soils out here will be a long, LONG time recovering from disturbance.
Wake up people of Utah! It�s time to rouse your blind-eyed bureaucrats from their oblivion. Your riches are not beneath the ground, but visible for all to behold. Take a stand Utah, for your �Red Rock Gold!�
America will become energy independent the same
day we become heroin independent.
I guess reporters have tendency to please their editors but here is my view of the auction.
He did more to disrupt the auction than most people realize.
Here is a University of Utah student dressed in an old red parka and stocking cap who registered as a bidder. He is sitting with the oil company executives. He looks out of place but he has a numbered bidding card.
By randomly bidding on the oil and gas leases he made the oil companies pay more than they wanted for the leases. This caused problems and they stopped the auction to check him out.
Now they want to back out on the price they paid for some of the leases. They are cryig foul.
In some cases when the oil companies failed to raise his bid he was forced to buy the leases.
Does he have the money most likely no. It was all theaterics.
Did it throw a monkey wrench into the smooth bidding process. most likely yes.
Reporting is all in the eye of the viewer.
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This is a bad thing for Utah. We need to fight to stop this! Utah's Governement Officials need to step up to stop this, or step down out of office. Protect Utah! Don't let us get run over.