[bruinbirdman]

Wonder if Ted Turner is a neighbor.

[NonValueAdded]

Why didn’t he buy the mineral rights then?

[cripplecreek]

I was thinking of this Mars billionaire.

[Chode]

he can simply buy the company if he wants to stop them bad enough...

[rfp1234]

[Phsstpok]

Loren O'Toole, a lawyer for the Diamond Cross ranch, said his opposition to energy development was rooted in the vast amounts of water that drilling can consume.

For working cattle ranches, such as Diamond Cross, a steady supply of water is a crucial factor in America's arid West.

Mr O'Toole said the lawsuits were not meant to block development. "That's not the point. The point is we can't lose all that water and at the same time have no provision to put it back," he said.

OK, if the above is true then it's a reasonable position and there should be some reasonable way to work this out. 

If it's true. 

 

[ozzymandus]

If he doesn’t own the mineral rights, and never did, I don’t see how he can legally prevent drilling. Since he’s a billionaire, he can buy off the courts, but an honest judge would tell him where to shove his Mars Bars.

His professed concerns over the supposed huge amounts of water used in drilling are BS.

[VOA]

“Mars billionaire fights energy firms over drilling “

Sure.
I wouldn’t be shocked if the guy behind Mars candies and about a
million cavaties isn’t a big investor in dental drill and NO2 gas
delivery systems.
And owns a good chunck of the electrical utilities to run the drills.

Yeah, I’m a cynic/skeptic.
But as Andy Grove of Intel says “Only The Paranoid Survive”.

[bilhosty]

these are very strange people. In spite of being one of the two wealthiest families in Amreica, but nobody knows much about them. The entire company is built around secrecy and all of its records are very secret. The factories are organized in such a way to keep as much work centered and contained so as to minimize knowledge of the entire operation. The corporate office is in a Small office building very old and employes only a few people most of whom are members of the family. Nobody knows much about what goes on there. It is said to be very spartan and very few people are let in. The Mars family is practically unknown in the community that they live in in New jersey. One of the things that did get out owever, is that on eof the women in the family developed most of the famous candy prodcts in her own kitchen at home. Very strange people!

[MaxMax]

Dear Mr. Forrest E Mars,
You can't take it with you.

Best Regards,
MaxMax.

[Wondering in Wyoming]

He lost his court case yesterday.

[sauropod]

State Law is unconstitutional. This is a basic infringement on property rights.

I take the same position on “ground rents” that some cities have.

[sono]

The Mullahcracy is using oil as a weapon. The reasonable counter would be to neutralize that weapon by increasing our own production. OPEC would then have no choice but to lower their price. It’s not only sound business, it’s a matter of national security. Oh, and can we please build more refineries? There hasn’t been a new refinery built in 30 yrs.

[Daveinyork]

I thought this was going to be an article about Kucinich seeing extraterrestrials.

[RockinRight]

[BnBlFlag]

I wonder how many Billionaires there are on Mars.