Oh god, they’ve discovered even more oil in Texas.

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By Katie HerzogNov 18, 2016, 1:59 pm101 pts
An estimated 20 billion barrels of oil has been discovered in west Texas’s Permian Basin. This could be, according to the USGS, the largest supply of oil ever found in the United States, worth up to $900 billion. The timing could not be better for oil prospectors — and worse for the environment.…

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