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  • 'Landman' Season Finale Provided Strong Lesson on Importance of Oil

    01/14/2025 6:31:47 AM PST · by PJ-Comix · 34 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | January 13, 2025 | P.J. Gladnick
    The first season of the Paramount+ series Landman has turned out to be a very surprising hit. Not merely because of the incredible acting by Billy Bob Thornton as the landman Tommy Norton, or by Jon Hamm as Monty Miller the oil company CEO, but also surprisingly because it has been giving the audience economic lessons, told in an entertaining manner, on the importance of the petroleum industry. The final episode of the season, although quite thrilling in its development (no spoilers here) was equally as impressive for what it revealed about the oil business starting with the opener of...
  • ‘Landman’ clip goes viral slamming renewable energy: ‘There is nothing clean about this’

    11/30/2024 4:36:40 PM PST · by Drew68 · 51 replies
    Fox News ^ | 11/26/2024 | Joshua Q. Nelson
    A clip from Billy Bob Thornton’s new show "Landman" went viral on X for slamming the use of renewable energy like wind turbines, that are intended to combat the effects of climate change. "They use clean energy to power the oil wells?" Kayla Wallace’s character said in the scene of the show. "They use alternative energy. There is nothing clean about this," Billy Bob Thornton’s character said. "Please, Mr. Oilman, tell me how the wind is bad for the environment?" Kayla Wallace replied. Thornton’s "Tommy Norris" responded, "You have any idea how much diesel will have to burn to mix...