SOCC37H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-7: Precautionary Principle, Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material, Limited Government
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Texas lies atop energy trapped in fossil form: this energy is crude oil, which people did not realize had an important function at 1st (it is a thick black substance that seeps up from the ground) Crude oil leads to creation of: axle grease, kerosene (creating new market for oil, gasoline was by-product of kerosene (it had no practical use early on so was disposed of in water ways) The west of texas used to be called big sky country used to be a barren land with tumbleweeds and not much settlement. Then oil men" who wanted to seek out fortune with gas rushed out to that area in the. 1930s and created settlements in that area these guys were viewed as being a symbol of hyper masculinity and were shrouded in romance. This romantic narrative excluded the burdens texans suffer from cheap energy harsh working conditions, influxes of social problems, pollution, explosions.
