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Saturday, August 30, 2014

Energy News Roundup: LA’s Urban Oil History, GE’s Immelt Talks Gas and Solar for Low-income Households

Energy News Roundup: LA’s Urban Oil History, GE’s Immelt Talks Gas and Solar for Low-income Households

By Jared Anderson
Foreign Imported Cars Sit Idle At Port Storage Lot
Here’s an interesting look at the Los Angeles region’s long oil production history. One surprising photo shows drilling rigs lining the Long Beach oceanfront in the 1950’s, a level of industrial development that would be anathema today. However, local communities adapted over time to oil development infrastructure in their midst and the still-producing reservoirs now

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