[AGL] Mexican Resources

[Frances Morey]

That doesn't sound like policy across borderlines. It might be true in
Texas, but not Mexico.
Frances


On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 10:24 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Back in the day the oil company would have to drill in place straight down
> and then erect oil pumps. So they would have to take your land to get at
> the oil. Nowadays, technology has evolved where the oil companies can drill
> at an angle and get oil from underground miles away from the drilling
> platform . And send the land owner a nice royalty check every month. One of
> our subscribers is enjoying that happy situation.
>
> On 7/17/2019 9:36 AM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
> I can see how that would be considered a "taking" by the state. But
> couldn't they just "take" the resources without needing to "take" the
> property?
> Best,
> Frances
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 9:20 AM Tejana via Austin-ghetto-list <
> austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> All natural resources belong to the republic of Mexico. While growing up
>> in state of Durango
>> On a ranch, my family just held their breath hoping oil or gold would not
>> be found It would have meant seizing land, no compensation. They did seize
>> the ranch with paracaidistas in the end.
>> Marilyn Wheless-Gregory
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 8:57 AM, Frances Morey <
>> frances.morey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I always felt that natural resources should be divisible among the
>> residents of the land from which they were drawn. I guess I adopted a
>> vision of land ownership like that of our Indigenous Indians. They were
>> wiped out due to their viewpoint not meshing with that of the "settlers."
>> For a time in Mexico the oil company, Pemex, was state-owned. Our Big Oil
>> renegades assumed their entitlement from the git-go.
>> Best,
>> Frances
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 8:28 AM Michael Eisenstadt <eisenstadt0 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Actually Alaskan oil money is understood to be owned by Alaskans by dint
>> of living there. So that is not a case of free money appropriated from
>> the wealthy. Likewise in Norway. Their North Sea oilfields (now pretty
>> much played out) were considered to be owned by Norwegians. Those monies
>> were saved and are called Sovereign Wealth funds. The Saudis have a
>> massive Sovereign Wealth fund. I don't know if individual Norwegians get
>> stipends like Alaskans do.
>>
>> On 7/17/2019 7:17 AM, Charles Loving wrote:
>> > There are a few experiments in this free money idea. Alaskans get oil
>> > money do they not. How has that played out? Scandinavians get some
>> > sort of stipend or so I think?
>>
>>
>
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