Recent Rallies Show Dwindling Support of Anti-Fossil Fuel Activists

EID-O's Shawn touches on the recent attempts by anti-development groups to garner support:

"If recent events are any indicator- it appears support for banning hydraulic fracturing is fizzling out in the Buckeye State. Of course, in reviewing past protests its equally possible that support never existed in the first place.  Regardless, two rallies held in the past two weeks show support is waning.  In Youngstown the ”Freedom from Toxic Fracking Waste National Rally Day” and in Mansfield  a rally billed as the “Global Frackdown Rally for Rights”  each drew roughly 30 people in support.  Taken together, these events clearly show the ever-dwindling support the anti- Utica Shale movement here in Ohio.

Youngstown, OH 

Mansfield, OH

In case you are wondering, according to the 2010 U.S. Census the population of Youngstown is 66,982 and the population of Mansfield is 47,821.  That means that assuming all the individuals who participated in these events were residents of the cities where the events took place (doubtful as we have seen in the past) than they represent approximately .04 and .06 percent of the population of these areas.  However, we know from previous events we have visited that often outsiders help protestors bolster their numbers.

There’s good reason why Ohioans view the anti-shale development effort with a level of speculation. Even though Utica Shale development remains in its infancy, counties throughout Ohio are seeing some very positive impacts from development without any negative impacts on the environment. Some examples of these positive impacts are noted below."

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Permalink Reply by Anne Carto on September 27, 2012 at 4:06am

Samuel,

It's great you've recognized the importance of "Promised Land". I'm not sure how everything will turn out, but I recently was sent an article by the New York Post debunking the film and it's credibility. Please pass it around, I'm sure more media will recognize this soon: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/for_his_next_es...

Permalink Reply by Bluflame on September 27, 2012 at 4:49am

Anne,

   The comments from the NY Post article are particularly interesting. Conspiracy theorists and Chicken Little wannabes are coming out of the woodwork! I'm afraid there is nothing anyone can say that will damper the dissent to "fracking".  Few seem willing to investigate beyond the hype.

   BluFlame

Permalink Reply by Samuel J. Orr on September 27, 2012 at 5:16pm

Anne:

Will do. I have read the NY Post article and will make sure my friends read it also. I just wish both Democrats and Republicans in Congress could get their act together on natural gas. It's quite clear to me per a number of my prior posts that conversion of large trucks to natural gas would generate almost innumerable jobs, eliminate our dependence on foreign sources of oil, reduce the price of gasoline, raise the price of natural gas, but overall reduce the cost of energy to the American consumer, reduce greenhouse gases, improve our balance of trade, and reduce our annual deficits. Constructing new pipelines would generate jobs, as would the construction of the thousands of natural gas refueling stations, not to mention the jobs created in the drilling industry proper. I could go on and on. I won't only because I believe you share this vision. Sam

 

Permalink Reply by Jack Straw on September 27, 2012 at 5:36pm

In addition to interstate trucking add all those trucks that go home every night (UPS, FedEx, USPS, State and Municipal) are excellent candidates.

And to that, I would add rail locomotives (already the most efficient of moving all those Chinese goods from West Coast ports to East Coast WalMarts).

 

All IMHO,

                JS

Permalink Reply by landlubber on September 28, 2012 at 12:13am

Union Pacific RR experimented with gas turbine locomotives in the 60s. They worked but I think the technology wasn't quite up to the task...

Permalink Reply by Anne Carto on October 2, 2012 at 3:33am

FYI there another couple articles came out about "Promised Land" surprisingly from CNN: http://economy.money.cnn.com/2012/10/01/matt-damon-fracking/

and another: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/lincolnbrown/2012/10/02/the_...

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