Two recent shale gas events, one at Balcombe, in the UK, and another at Dimock, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, provide great lessons on the rise and fall of anti-fracking causes, which prosper on fear and fade away with revelation of the facts.

Let’s compare the Great Gas Gala in Balcombe with the Cabot Annual Gas Picnic in Susquehanna Pennslyvania

As Upstream put it about Balcombe:

The company is said to be bemused at why a ‘Great Gas Gala’ protest is being staged at a conventional oil prospect.

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