I’ve been to the beaches of santa barbara when the oil drills were not working. The beaches have lots of small black oil blobs.
Apparently, the oil seeps from the Santa Barbara Channel naturally
Yes it does. Even the dinosaurs want a little beach time.
Chumash indians used natural oil seepage, millenia before Europeans arrived, to waterproof their canoes. First offshore oil well just about 8 miles south down the coast from SB (Summerland) in 1896...over 120 years ago.
SB-ites haven’t moved on since 1969 oil spill...57 years ago. They could clean up the water from seepage, use new tech to pump oil cleanly, get lots of money to fix civic problems.Get a desalinization plant, clean out debris channels, create fire breaks so the city doesn’t burn down with next wind event in Goleta, Sta. barbar, Montecito. They could keep the city laid back at the same time
Very stubborn blinded officials in Sta. Barbara govt. IMHO.