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Halliburton proposes construction of sand facility along BNSF in North Dakota
North Dakota’s economics strides are amazing. And, its based on traditional energy sources. There is a lesson there.
Jeffrey: Pleaaaaase, stop listening to Rush, Laura,Glenn etc. All they see is $$$$! Have you forgotten what Dick Cheney’s Halliburton did to our military in the Middle East?? But, I diverge, (pun intended). we have to look for different ways to provide energy for this country in order to be less dependant on oil and coal. Whoops! I forgot how big oil and big coal don’t like what I’m saying. By looking for alternate fuels, the railroads could save money, which could create new jobs and to provide green jobs.
I’m glad we are developing new energy resources in the USA and equally glad the ND gets the economic boost it needs, but if you are betting your future on doing business with Halliburton then you are just selling your soul to you know who.
DRILL…BABY…DRILL !!!
I find some,… some amusment in Mr Guse’s comments. Maybe protesters and enviromentalists will show up. But, is thought ever given that is some cases, enviromentalists will accept what is happening? Case in point, the mining of sand in Wisconsin for fracking purposes. According to an article in the business section of the Wednesday morning Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal, 73 sand mines now exist in Wisconsin with 37 processing facilities. For the most part, no protests of news interest have surfaced as of late. How sand mining will come to effect the enviroment in the future has yet to be determined. An issue in Wisconsin recieving far less coverage than the proposed “Wolf Hunt” regulations.
Hey - is Cheyney still being paid by Halliburton like he was at least part of the time he was President (or VP - couldn’t tell which at the time)?
Remember - anything that Halliburton wants will be bad for the country- they make their money by hurting the country, IMHO.
If you build it, they will come. The protesters always manage to show up if it involves coal, oil, gas, or Halliburton. That is, if the vast open spaces don’t keep them away. All this drilling is why capitalist North Dakota is having a single state economic boom while the rest of the United Socialist States of America is still dealing with 4 years of recession.
United Socialist States of America? Oh, Puh-leeze! Aren’t there enough political forums out there for complainers of whatever stripe, rather than have them burden the rest of us with their blather on what is supposed to be a railroad site?
capitalism in action! And prices of rental units skyrocket, forcing people who don’t make the gas patch $$ to have to move. Folks living in wal-mart parking lots and local businesses unable to match the pay offered by energy companies, forcing them to either lose employees or raise salaries and subsequently jack up their own prices.
Keep it turning to the right…
Oops, spelled Richardton as “Richardson.” My bad.
Richardson will suffer for this. All those good-paying jobs and new taxpayers will result in more retail activity, more kids attending school, and all sorts of negative stuff. Why this might reverse a century of rural decline in the area around there!
N.Dakota’s economic boom is based on being lucky enough to sit on a vast amount of oil/gas and has been shared by other areas in similar circumstances (ie, N.Central PA, NW Texas). It has nothing to do with your perceived notion of capitalism vs. socialism, just dumb luck of being in the right location.
And noone considers the collateral damage - just the $$$ NOW
Or have the 60 Minutes stories all been just a lot of hooey?
Glad I’m retired and only have a few years left - God help our kids and grandchildren.
Jim I just hope those strides aren’t tarnished in the future by the poisonous legacy of fracking. I am not talking about the “showcase” effects like natural gas entering people’s water fawcets and the like but the often unspecified and toxic chemicals used in the fracturing process. Once these enter the water table then the area where fracking has taken place is chemically poisoned for many generations and this will have goodness knows what impact on future generations of the local population. I know that it brings business for whatever railroad serves the relevant area but if I was the CEO of the road in question I’d have to think long and hard about taking part. So much about fracking has been shoved well and truly under the carpet, and it won’t be that long before it comes back out. Poisoned water supplies, earthquakes, exploding water fawcets to name but three. Wait till the cancer clusters start in 10 or 20 years.
Blair, I have no idea why Richardson was lucky enough to have been chosen to be the site for the sand facility. But they were and I am happy for them.
Please explain to me how providing jobs to a town with high unemployment will put people out of work. Don’t get me wrong, I am no fan of hydraulic fracturing or Halliburton or Walmart. The two former have, and will continue, provide good jobs to a town that has a per capita income of $14,867.
If you’r not happy in Texas pack your long-johns and try North Dakota. They like the Marines are looking for a few good men (or women).
All the railroads are looking for people who want to work. Give any of them a call.
A-men to that…what was a great driving force to the Countries original economic boom? The railroads of course. If you’ve got it, use it!
Taking advantage of an ecomically depressed area to lure them into supporting the toxic practice of fracking for gas and oil is cynicism at its worst. Naturally, when cynical business practices are involved, the name Halliburton frequently pops up. Whether it’s profiting from the Iraq war or spreading out across the farmlands of America with their fleet of fracking equipment, Halliburton shows yet again how its bottom line trumps the health and safety of the public.