Unless there is a real and true monumental shift due to the mid-terms, states with a spine are going to have to defy the .gov on energy, illegal invasion, and other issues to survive. This current .gov is out to break down the independent mindset and economies of several states, Texas and Florida being the primary targets.
Our governor and state government will at some point have to actually defy the federal government, perhaps even with force, if nothing changes. To do less spells the end of our state's liberty and economic freedom.
Sounds like the civil war of the 1800's doesn't it. People's mindset on these issues will need to change if this state and even the whole nation is to survive in any form that will be recognizable. And anyone who doesn't think there is already a form of civil war underway is whistling past the graveyard. And like the 1800's civil war, democrats have already fired the first shots...so to speak.
If .gov through the EPA or other manipulations tries to shut down the Permian Basin, defiance will be required IMO.