Blog # 4

After reading Blake Claytons “The Case for allowing U.S. Crude Oil Exports” my first responses are strongly in favor of his premises that the ban on exporting crude oil in the U.S. should be lifted. However there are areas in his article that I have issues with. 

The reason I can see two sides to Claytons argument, is that I have worked in the oil fields and I have a desire to create a company and further my career in the oil and gas industry.  This is going to be very challenging. Particularly because I am going to have to deal with issues brought up in Claytons article.

Clayton has stated that laws and rules regarding export of crude make it very difficult to do so. These laws are no longer needed because the reason we have put them in place have proven to be obsolete. Well intended at first, but they are no longer needed because we have a surplus of oil being produced. I am convinced that these resources will be available to the U.S. and to the world if we remove the ban on crude export.  Safe technology will prove that we should not have to worry about exporting all of our resources, and we will have this oil in the US for the next 100 years. Hopefully by that time we as a country will no longer be reliant on fossil fuels.

The company I want to create for the oil field industry is going to be part of solving some of these questions and issues regarding environmental such as global warming, methane and CO2 releases, ground water and better use of “fracking technology” and allow us to export oil and our technology to the world.

Blog #3 This I Believe

I believe in a thousand things. It is simple and it is not. There is my intention to do good that leads to belief in hard work for money, glory and the satisfaction of just doing and finishing something. It gives meaning to my belief. I intend to believe and that alone layers the simple charm of people over the complexity of the acts of  man. The acting of our fellow-man is despicable at times and seems unbelievable! I choose charm and consciousness and believe kind awareness in my hard work with and toward people and truth will rub-off in my community.

I believe in so many things, so why do I see fault in me when people don’t understand. Understand what I say; understand what I feel; understand what should be simple. I believe it is a jigsaw puzzle and each experience in each day and each thought at night are pieces assembling my picture and my understanding. I intend to show my belief is a simple thing with dimensional edges that can be confused and unclear but with trial and error pieced together to make a simple vision of  those many, many pieces.

I believe that I am an animal that can experience pain and respond. I believe I will find love and I also will find food. Simple….but as a man I can love the essence of my food, sit back and relax and understand the meaning of the satisfaction of my “fullness”. Complex…but simple. I believe and know it can be shared in meal with others. Even more complex; if one chooses to look deep.

I believe in a world of simple things and intricate interactions. Like a monsoon in summer it comes the same in the afternoon but new every time. I intend to believe in belief.

I believe in belief. Otherwise, what I can I learn when a host of men claim they know the truth but lies and hatred and bad intentions abide. I believe in a light touch and a bit of humor can diffuse the buildup of pressure from unreasonable men.  We all might remember that “The Dude  abides.”

It seems belief is a paradox. I believe that belief resolves itself. Little things make up big things but big things are simple…because they are made up of simple pieces. And around and  around we go. It is fun and it is frustrating but life is just that.