Many lifelong residents of Los Angeles have health impacts from growing up close to oil extraction. Now, the city is trying to close down the worst offenders, but it's an enormous task.
Well LA was built up around gold, oil, and cinema. You don’t get LA without those three haha.
You will commonly be along Wilshire and see a spot where nobody can park or walk because there’s raw petroleum just sitting on the street or sidewalk. It will smell like oil but I think people just accept it.
Petroleum and salt - often found together - are much lighter than the rest of the crust and tend to move up to the surface. SoCal has a lot of these spots. I am sure that people started building up LA long before anyone realized what was down there, or before petroleum even had a use.
You’d think with all the rich fucks there, NIMBY would become their whole personality.
Well LA was built up around gold, oil, and cinema. You don’t get LA without those three haha.
You will commonly be along Wilshire and see a spot where nobody can park or walk because there’s raw petroleum just sitting on the street or sidewalk. It will smell like oil but I think people just accept it.
Is there even anything you can do about the tar pits, though? That’s a natural asphalt seep, and new (smaller) spots are always popping up nearby
Petroleum and salt - often found together - are much lighter than the rest of the crust and tend to move up to the surface. SoCal has a lot of these spots. I am sure that people started building up LA long before anyone realized what was down there, or before petroleum even had a use.