TBP has all kinds of schemes that generally involve getting money,
somehow, from the gummint to support them and make him money. He
had some big thing with wind machines a coupla years ago if I recall.
I have met his boy, Tom I think, a coupla times, who appears to have
fallen far from the tree, and hit every branch on the way down.
--R
Funny how the rich guys seem to be able to get the gummit goobers to
rob the populace for them. (at gunpoint)
Big topic here and now is if texas oil bazillionaires can use eminent
domain to run a pipleline for their enrichment. Same for some other
rich folk to run a DC powerline to the East, with no usage in state.
It has been likened to allowing eminent domain to be used to build a
private toll road parallel to I-80 with no on ramps or off ramps in
the state. Put that way, it seems obviously wrong. As a pipeline or
powerline, it does not seem so wrong, unless it is your land they
want to tear up.
They have found some loophole that will allow them to become a
"public utility" with no customers, but then they can use eminent
domain for personal enrichment.
From personal experience, 2 overland highlines and one LP pipeline
ran over our land when I was young. In each case, the company lied
about what they would do and what they would not do. The contractors
ran through muddy fields and made a huge mess each time. The
companies did not pay restitution like they promised.
Contractors/transmission companies will run through the fields and
damage crops as long as the highline or pipeline exists without
compensation.
In theory, we need to move crude from ND to refineries. That is in
the national interest. However, the landowners should get a piece of
the action, not be screwed on installation, and screwed evermore.
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