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Ambivalent Landscapes: Energy Extraction and Farming Livelihoods in Weld County, CO

机译:矛盾景观:科罗拉多州威尔德县的能源提取和农业生计

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Much of the oil and gas extraction in Weld County takes place on private farmland and thus requires royalty payments to mineral owners. Although energy extraction on active farmland involves significant environmental risks, particularly with hydraulic fracturing or "fracking", it can also infuse substantial cash into farmers' livelihoods through royalty payments. While the influence of such large supplementary cash flows on farmer decision-making is not yet well-researched, this money certainly effects farmers' annual expenditures and long-term farm investments, and may have major implications for socio-economic and technological change in agricultural communities. For example, it is likely that energy royalties buffer farmers from chronic economic and environmental volatility (due to low commodity prices and crop losses), providing a vital financial safety net for vulnerable farms. Extra cash could also make possible novel investment choices, such as resource conservation technologies or college education, as well as encourage farmers to leave land fallow for soil recovery. Conversely, cash from royalties also fluctuates, and may ultimately increase the debt burden and financial volatility of small farms. Moreover, many farmers are not mineral owners, and hence a significant proportion of royalty cash is never in fact re-invested in agricultural production at all. This research surveys Weld County farmers in order to explore the nuanced socio-economic dynamics of energy royalty cash in agriculture. Such insights could either complicate and/or reinforce conventional critiques of "fracking" which claim it threatens agricultural land and livelihoods.
机译:韦尔德县的大部分石油和天然气开采都在私人农田上进行,因此需要向矿主支付特许权使用费。尽管在活跃的农田上提取能量会带来重大的环境风险,尤其是在水力压裂或“压裂”中,但它也可以通过支付特许权使用费将大量现金注入农民的生计。尽管还没有对如此大量的补充现金流量对农民决策的影响进行深入研究,但是这笔钱肯定会影响农民的年度支出和长期的农场投资,并且可能对农业的社会经济和技术变革产生重大影响。社区。例如,能源使用费有可能使农民免受长期的经济和环境动荡(由于商品价格低廉和农作物损失)的影响,从而为脆弱的农场提供了至关重要的财务安全网。额外的现金还可能带来新的投资选择,例如资源保护技术或大学教育,以及鼓励农民将休耕地用于土壤恢复。相反,特许权使用费产生的现金也会波动,最终可能会增加小农场的债务负担和财务波动。此外,许多农民不是矿物所有者,因此实际上绝大部分版税收入根本都没有再投资于农业生产。这项研究对韦尔德县的农民进行了调查,以探索能源使用费现金在农业中细微的社会经济动态。这些见解可能使“水力压裂”的常规批评复杂化和/或加重,这种批评声称它威胁着农业用地和生计。

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  • 作者

    Peterson, Cody James.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Colorado at Denver.;

  • 授予单位 University of Colorado at Denver.;
  • 学科 Agricultural economics.;Energy.;Political science.
  • 学位 Master
  • 年度 2018
  • 页码 148 p.
  • 总页数 148
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 石油、天然气工业;
  • 关键词

  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:53:15

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