Great facts here on what drilling has done for Texas!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058506/posts
“The invisible hand of the marketplace is alive and well in Texas. Over the past 12 months Texas has created 245,000 jobs. That accounts for more than half of the jobs created in America during that time.”
Good article. The posts on the thread from Texans were a hoot!