• supernicepojo@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    24 days ago

    Cool, abandoned oil wells in one of the most populated places in the US. Take a look at OK and TX issues with old wells. With no plan in place to allow for the environmental impact of forgotten infrastructure in 20 years it will be a leaky awful mess.

      • supernicepojo@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        24 days ago

        Are there any funds or plans in place to allow for cleanup? Theres quite a few stories of housing developments being built over forgotten oil wells that a just toxic waste losses to the families that dared to buy a house in the Wrong Spot.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          24 days ago

          California has unfortunately let the oil majors fraudulently transfer their cleanup liabilities to smaller firms which don’t have the resources to plug the wells properly. The public is going to be on the hook to the tune of several billion dollars