tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370273051479578292.post9110009133363289323..comments2023-05-20T01:04:00.808-07:00Comments on Lafferty's Life: Prudhoe BayRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12502532652097377301noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370273051479578292.post-87478586990025943672007-08-07T11:24:02.000-07:002007-08-07T11:24:02.000-07:00I love Google maps and Google earth. I can see the...I love Google maps and Google earth. I can see the places you write about. You aren't kidding about Deadhorse being an oil field! It looks black and barren from the satellite photos.Donnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370273051479578292.post-39873604656461446352007-08-08T04:46:33.000-07:002007-08-08T04:46:33.000-07:00The black you see on Google earth are lakes. They...The black you see on Google earth are lakes. They are actually quite pretty. Although it is an industrial oil town, there is no oil to be seen anywhere. In order to build anything they have to construct pads of earth that are trucked in from the mountains from the south. Everything is tundra and it is impossible to even stand on it, let alone build on it. This is true for the roads as well.<br><br>The environmental requirements for drilling there are very strict and well monitored. The actual footprint they make on the land is tiny compared to the benefit to America. New angled drilling technology allows them to construct a drill pad that is only 5 acres in size to drill and remove oil from an area of over 48,000 acres.Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370273051479578292.post-60685675356617553982007-08-08T04:55:17.000-07:002007-08-08T04:55:17.000-07:00Hmmm, when I read this, that Carpenter's song,...Hmmm, when I read this, that Carpenter's song, "Muskox Love" started going through my head, and then I realized it "Muskrat Love". I don't suppose there's any similarities... ;)<br><br>Robin and I saw musk ox at a musk ox farm, but not in the wild like this. They are interesting looking beasts.Donnanoreply@blogger.com