" but the faulting in texas and colorado and north dakota just doesn’t compare with the faulting in California. The ground in california is way too knotty knarly for a drill.
That is, I’ve seen pictures of the ground they’re trying to drill and it looks knotty knarlier than oak stump burl. "
This ?
Meet this :
And this :
these gnarly knotty lines are faulted ground in california that we're talking about.
This is the knarly knotty burl of an oak tree.
