Because it would be an eyesore. There is nothing architecturally amazing about an oil derrick. The space needle has style. Eiffel Tower has style. Oil Derrick. No Style. It would look like a big erector set. One that is 1100' built to scale would be huge. And if the video has any indication of what it would look like, it just looks like a big bird feeder.

I am for the museum though and maybe a smaller scale one (maybe 200-300'). That plus a great museum would bring enough tourists off the highway.

Sorry for the negativity but just cause we have to opportunity to build something like this doesn't mean we need to. I know beggars can't be choosers but this should stay in the fantasy drawer.