You won't need seismic crew or vibrator trucks to find the oil deposits in plain sight in downtown Brownsville.
Just head over to the municipal parking lot on the corner of Washington and 10th Street and there you will be able to see that it is piled in chunks.
Like the Sumerians and ancient Egyptians who found uses for the seeps of raw tar that seeped from the unknown oil deposit below, we're sure that the City of Brownsville could hit upon a use for this unexpected bonanza.The literature tell us that the ancient Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians used crude oil and asphalt ("pitch") collected from large seeps at Tuttul (modern-day Hit) on the Euphrates River. A seep is a place on the ground where the oil leaks up from below ground.
The ancient Egyptians, on the other hand, used liquid oil as a medicine for wounds, and oil has been used in lamps to provide light.In Brownsville, where we do things a little differently,it comes from above.
With Brownsville easily the hands-down victor in any contest for Pothole City USA, we're sure that Charlie Cabler and his handy stable of well-paid assistants could put the accumulated deposits seeping from old motors into the asphalt parking lot to good use.
Think of it as recycling, a practice that some on the city commission have taken to heart. We recycle politicians, clothing, tires, etc. So, why not recycle the ample quantities of burnt oil that is accumulating on our own city parking lots? It's a no-brainer!
Forget about cigarette butts and chewing gum. Think oil, Rose. If you multiply one municipal parking lot times (how many do we have?), think of the barrels of oil we could recycle.
The British Columbia Used Oil Management Association estimates that one a single drop of used motor oil
can contaminate a million drops of water. Now can you imagine how much water is drained off from our oil deposits on the one parking lot and into the Rio Grande, Laguna Madre, Gulf of Mexico, etc.?
One of the biggest peeves that former PUB Chairman Robert Sanchez (Capt. Bob) had while on the board was the number of clunkers on Brownsville streets leaking oil that eventually ended up in the resacas. Well, we would think the Healthy Communities and Wellness bunch would jump allover this issue and leave the gum chewers and smokers alone now that they have been relegated to the outside fringes of our living spaces.
The British Columbia Used Oil Management Association estimates that one a single drop of used motor oil
can contaminate a million drops of water. Now can you imagine how much water is drained off from our oil deposits on the one parking lot and into the Rio Grande, Laguna Madre, Gulf of Mexico, etc.?
One of the biggest peeves that former PUB Chairman Robert Sanchez (Capt. Bob) had while on the board was the number of clunkers on Brownsville streets leaking oil that eventually ended up in the resacas. Well, we would think the Healthy Communities and Wellness bunch would jump allover this issue and leave the gum chewers and smokers alone now that they have been relegated to the outside fringes of our living spaces.
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