Las Vegas and Dune by Frank Herbert

Nevada used to have a lot of petroleum as well as gold and silver. The obsession to mine brought riches to Nevada. Now investors around the world are excited again. Oil in Nevada means that oil would be discovered in a state where corporations have tax incentives. There is no better state in nation to save taxes than Nevada. Oil companies are making plans with accountants. The desert is vast. Locals who have lived in Nevada their entire lives had no clue the oil companies came here. Not unl...