Texas can’t afford paved roads, replaces them with gravel
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Let me just guess the next few posts to save us some time:
Rappy: Stop hating on oil! It makes paved roads possible so we can't just shut the industry down.
Me: OK, who suggested shutting anything down? Could you point out where that happened in this thread?
Rappy: *ignores question* And quit lying about my posts. My point has nothing to do with some crazy liberal smashing my TV.
Me: So what was your point? You brought up the petroleum content of pavement as if it excuses the damage the industry has done. Is that not what you meant?
Rappy: You crazy liberals industry haters just want to destroy America!
Me: *sigh*
etc...
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I was saying stop hating on TEXAS.
You have confused what I said and interjected something I never did say.
Of course i'm not gonna answer a question posed on a false premise from something which wasn't my point in the first place.
Carry on.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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LOL! Did I call it or what?
And what does the petroleum content of pavement have to do with hating on Texas? Sheesh! RapClarity there.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Asphalt is made from what ?
Oil.
The Left should be PRAISING Texas for its green awareness.
Wow. Always count on the raptard to interject the dumbest goddamned thing possible.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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Anyhow, isn't the exact situation that's been brought up multiple hypothetical times in libertarian discussions?
A community of folk pool their resources to build a useful resource: nicely paved roads. Another party makes use of those roads and destroys them. Now, according to our libertarians, that other party ought to care enough for the greater good and the higher principles of fairness and ethical living enough to repair the damage they did.
Right?
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Yer on a roll, Mal4! 
"hell EAT the damn thing, maybe learn by osmosis, or one could hope." 
Prize for first guffaw of the day...good thing I've now got one of those little thermoses with a button on the top you push to drink out of, or somebody would owe me a keyboard! Also good thing said thermoses are metal and unbreakable, 'cuz it hit the floor after the keyboard and my lap...
I would bother to mention that not all roads are paved with asphalt, or just asphalt anymore, and there's a lot of recycled material being used. But I know that would go "zing!" right over some people's heads, so I'll just offer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface
California's a leader, and big on recycled materials in paving:Quote:
Most of us have heard the phrase “Where the rubber meets the road.” In recent years, increasing amounts of crumb rubber from recycled tires have been added into the road in the form of thin rubber modified hot mix asphalt (HMA) surface courses or rubber modified spray applications used as pavement interlayers or surface treatments. Several states and local agencies are now using rubber modified pavement systems as a significant part of their pavement preservation strategy. California actually has a legislated mandate calling for the use of increasing amounts of reclaimed rubber in pavements over future years. This trend has resulted in rubber modified products that have performed well in reducing crack reflection, improving wet weather safety, and reducing pavement noise. It has also helped solve the very serious problem of waste tire disposal
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Quote:
Originally posted by MAL4PREZ:
LOL! Did I call it or what?
Well, when you create your own narrative, separate from what I was saying, of COURSE you call it. Duh!
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And what does the petroleum content of pavement have to do with hating on Texas? Sheesh! RapClarity there.
Perhaps you're reading posts directed at others ? The answer IS in this thread, btw.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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This is the kind of thread that illustrates how deeply entrenched rappy is. Its obvious that the Oil companies should be covering their own damages.
But rather than admit that those on the left have a point, he embraces ideology and "the team" over common sense.
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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"Its obvious that the Oil companies should be covering their own damages. "
In a nutshell.Quote:
Energy boom brings wear and tear to area's county, state roads
Trucks hauling tons of oil drilling equipment, water tankers and other industrial rigs are vital to the oil boom across West Texas, but can be too much for some area roads — especially unpaved ones.
The heavy traffic has prompted counties like Gaines and Dawson to spend additional money to upgrade or repair county roads
Doug Isaacs, road superintendent for Dawson County, said some of the nearly 950 miles of unpaved Dawson County roads have taken a beating or have been under-equipped to handle the extra demand.
“Sometimes the big fracking trucks get stuck in the sand (on the unpaved roads),” he said.
Nearly 1,200 loaded trucks are needed to bring just one gas well into production — the traffic equivalent to roughly 8 million cars, according to the Texas Department of Transportation’s Roads for Texas Energy Task Force. For example, Endeavor Energy has more than 4,800 wells in Dawson County, according to OGI mapping and data management services. http://lubbockonline.com/regional/2013-01-09/energy-boom-brings-wear-a
nd-tear-areas-county-state-roads#.Uhafy4nn-DY
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