Unhealthy Anti-Gas Obsession on Display in Binghamton

The upstate New York anti-natural gas crowed has run out of options! They are now going to the district offices of New York State Senate members who support natural gas exploration and advocating still more study, this time of health impacts that are already well known. While they think such gimmicks will somehow change minds, supporters of natural gas stubbornly stick with the facts. It’s a tortoise and hare thing, as I see it. The usual suspects are running around at breakneck speed trying to gin up a story on health impacts that simply do not exist with natural gas development while the pro-natural gas side quietly, but steadily, wins the race by simply telling the true story.

How many times do we have to see my neighbor in the hazmat suit protesting on some sidewalk to know many of these individuals do little else? How many failed protests by this dwindling band of natural gas malcontents does it take for our leaders to see they represent only the tiniest minority among upstate New Yorkers? Not many more, I suspect. The game is up and the unhealthy obsession the other side has with fighting natural gas is wearing thin.

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Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on June 3, 2012 at 6:12pm

RE: "How many times do we have to see my neighbor in the hazmat suit"

 

I assume that your are referring to one of those hazmat suits make out of plastics.

Plastics that were made from NGLs (Natural Gas Liquids).

Your neighbor's hazmat suit was likely made in China; but, with luck his next one will be made in the USA (from American NGLs). American could use the factory jobs.

 

JS

Permalink Reply by Thomas J Shepstone on June 3, 2012 at 6:20pm

That's right!

Permalink Reply by David Perotto on June 3, 2012 at 7:12pm
Now that Dimock has been thoroughly debunked and its fallacy revealed, the anti crowd is now trying to pedal the idea that HVHF makes everyone sick. They, as I have stated before, throw their mud against the wall in the hope that something sticks. Madam state legislator Barbara Lifton leads the charge. Of course what would you expect from somebody that hails from Ithaca,NY. I ask one question: If there are health concerns, why have no O&G workers gotten sick????
Permalink Reply by Thomas J Shepstone on June 3, 2012 at 7:19pm

Exactly!

Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on June 3, 2012 at 8:00pm

There is a lot that goes into “health” and “healthy”.

There is “mental health” and there is the relationship between “mental health” and “physical health”.

If someone is unemployed and feeding their family on canned processed “Government cheese” and out of date cans from the local Food Bank, how “healthy” is this?

If someone is unemployed and cannot sleep because they do not know how they will be able to provide for their family’s needs, how “healthy” is this?

If someone is unemployed and having trouble attending to the medical and dental needs of their family, how “healthy” is this?

If someone is underemployed and suffers from conditions as described above, how “healthy” is this?

If Towns, Cities and Counties do not have sufficient tax revenues to look after the basic needs of their citizens, how “healthy” is this?

There is a lot that goes into “health” and “healthy”; such as good jobs and a “healthy” and varied economy.

 

The Golden Goose has shown up at the barn; will they cook it up for one Dinner, or will they keep and feed it for its eggs?

 

Frankly, I do not think that dealing with Stupid People who do nothing but stupid things is good for my long term health!

 

All IMHO,

                     JS

Permalink Reply by Thomas J Shepstone on June 3, 2012 at 8:19pm

You are most welcome!

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