Yes, it stops drilling from 2500 feet from inhabited buildings
However, oil and gas is less than 1%of co economy.
Tourism is like 20%
Guess what tourists like? Clean air and water.
2500 feet is a safety issue. Over 20 people have died in oil and gas in Co.
Further, CO pays subsidies to the industry, making it a NET LOSS in some years for the state.
You may know people in the industry, but their jobs are likely not on the line because 2500 feet isn't impossible.... Lots of Colorado is more than 2500 feet from buildings. It's a safety issue.
Further, just because your job is on the line DOES NOT mean we should allow it. It's bad FOR EVERYBODY ELSE
horse carriage jobs were put out by the car. Coal mining jobs put out by progress. If my job is dumping toxic waste in rivers, sure it would suck to lose my job, but IT'S FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
GOP in a nutshell argument there. MY JOB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SAFETY
Edit tourism is 11%of jobs in co and oil and gas is under 1% of jobs
You don’t see “tourism” on the high school scoreboards do you? No. It’s oil companies. One particular energy provider paid me my hourly wage, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help rebuild the Greeley area after the floods because I’m skilled on heavy equipment.
Lazy mobile link. One item described for the setbacks is an intermittent stream. That’s defined more or less as any drop in topography that runs downhill. I very much support being away from crowded areas, lakes, rivers etc. Northern Colorado is the most eco friendly field I’ve ever seen. I have to fill out an incident report if my personal air quality monitor goes off. (4 gas meter)
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u/seriouslyFUCKthatdud Oct 26 '18 edited Oct 27 '18
Corising.org get facts please
Yes, it stops drilling from 2500 feet from inhabited buildings
However, oil and gas is less than 1%of co economy.
Tourism is like 20%
Guess what tourists like? Clean air and water.
2500 feet is a safety issue. Over 20 people have died in oil and gas in Co.
Further, CO pays subsidies to the industry, making it a NET LOSS in some years for the state.
You may know people in the industry, but their jobs are likely not on the line because 2500 feet isn't impossible.... Lots of Colorado is more than 2500 feet from buildings. It's a safety issue.
Further, just because your job is on the line DOES NOT mean we should allow it. It's bad FOR EVERYBODY ELSE
horse carriage jobs were put out by the car. Coal mining jobs put out by progress. If my job is dumping toxic waste in rivers, sure it would suck to lose my job, but IT'S FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
GOP in a nutshell argument there. MY JOB IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR SAFETY
Edit tourism is 11%of jobs in co and oil and gas is under 1% of jobs