There was a rather interesting town board meeting in the Town of Smithville, New York, Chenango County, recently. The town board agreed to let a couple speakers (one from each side of the natural gas development debate) come in and speak. The first person to present was a peak oil activist, newsletter editor and “retired geologist,” Brian Brock, from Franklin, New York (he’s apparently been “retired” a long time as he is not listed in any professional group’s database). The second speaker was Neil Guiles, owner of Vestal Asphalt. Both speakers took questions from board members and the audience after their presentations. Guiles was, hands down, the winner of this informal debate.

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