Split Estate is a movie that generally explains how the rights of individuals contradict according to the law in most states in America. This is explained by how an individual may be having the legal possession of a property such as land, but when minerals like natural gas and oil are discovered beneath that land; oil companies take control over this land (William, 12). Even when the legal procedure is used, most of the surface owners usually end up losing to the mining companies due to the rights and laws governing the mining practice of the minerals (Estate, 16). It is most displeasing when you find victims appealing to the faceless corporations. The case is usually judged unfairly and the owner commonly is left on the edge to accept defeat.
Most of the western Colorado individuals are victims of these problems. Majorities are lands are on the minerals, and interestingly do not have mineral rights (Estate & Retirement Planning Answer Book 2009, 20). If you were the owner of a property, it would feel demoralizing to see large tractors in your land digging for the ornament without your consent and to make it worse, there is nothing you can do to stop them. Split Estate is a documentary movie, and shows how the governments, large companies are unfair to the individuals and are able to escape unnoticed since there are more powerful than individuals (William, 30). On the other hand, one is left wondering why the homeowner had bought that piece of land, whether they blindly bought it or if they were aware of the possible future outcomes.
Oil companies are allowed to be secretive in their idea of exploiting natural resources and processing them to final goods. Their idea for tracking fuel from whatever source should not even be disclosed to the health professionals. The whole idea does not mean that they are not genuine in their practices. Those neighboring such companies never seize to get health difficulties and to complain of environment pollution and yet everything within the company is said to be produced in a healthy manner (William, 67). Individuals working in such industries face the camera with a simile face advertising their products and marketing their companies in the entire market. It would take rather much effort to find what goes on in the inside or to bring to light the dangers of working in such an environment. At the back of our minds, we can imagine how harmful the place can be, but no one can prove so.
Split Estate is rather is meant for more than educating and helping the society, but not only for entertainment. It helps people to identify the unhealthy methods of extracting minerals. They refer it to as flacking (Estate & Retirement Planning Answer Book 2009, 30). It results to several harmful effects to the individuals and society. These are air pollution due to the fumes emitted because of a mixture of chemical to trigger the process. Air pollution has side effects to the health issues of individuals. It results in contracting of chronic diseases in advance effects.
It is time the companies take into consideration some of these things. There should be ways of minimizing the harmful effects, if they cannot be avoided. Those living around the areas should find better habitat for the sake of their health and those of the younger ones among them. For the most secretive and working members should always ensure that they protect themselves from inhaling the chemicals and so should have protective clothing. It is time people consider their health as the first most important thing before engaging in any activities. In this way, people will live healthy. The companies on the other hand should fairly negotiate with the owners of the land that there are mining their products, the owner at least should be compensated or rather should have a share of what is mined in his or her land. This will create a peaceful environment.
Works Cited
Estate & Retirement Planning Answer Book 2009. Cch Inc, 2008. Print.
Williams, Jesse L, and Edwin M. Norris. Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton, N.J: Princeton
