America could become the worlds largest oil producer

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Originally Posted by JWsleep

Ha! Yeah, things are not exactly pro-environment down here... but at least we're making money off of all this! We're one of the only cities where rising gas prices is GOOD news!

(Actually, moving to suburban Houston from Brooklyn was an environmental improvement. I've got tons of birds--egrets, hawks, falcons, songbirds--turtles, snakes, weird critters called "Nutria," and all sorts of amazing trees and plants. But I'm in the SW part of Houston, not the East or North East where the oil refineries are. It's pretty bleak out there.)

I lived about 20 miles E of Houston (in Baytown area) for about 15 years. What's the old joke while passing by the refineries? What's that smell? MONEY!
LOTS of Nutra rats! in the marshes. That's why the gators are so fat in Chambers county. actually imported from.....France? (all the best rats come from France) to deal with the Hydrilla (native to Asia) choking all the waterways.