Fred Holmes watches with satisfaction as pumps pull oil from deep under his California farm, tapping a supply he thinks could last another century. For Holmes, it seems wasteful that the oil remains in the ground while California continues to need it.
Fred Holmes watches with satisfaction as pumps pull oil from deep under his California farm, tapping a supply he thinks could last another century.
But it is also at the leading edge of environmentalism in the United States, and is determined to shrink its dependency. Thousands of wells dot the desert around Taft, whose proud museum to oil is watched over by a wooden drilling rig.Arguments over the damage that fossil fuels are doing to the environment -- the changes in weather patterns that have left the state at the mercy of extreme climate swings -- get short shrift.
"Oil is the lifeblood of this city, and of Kern County for that matter," the one-time roustabout said., it funds law enforcement and funds programs for veterans and youth athletics, you name it." Once a field of solar panels is installed, it requires little maintenance -- unlike the machinery that pumps oil to the surface.
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