It's interesting to note that there will be a panel discussion in Warren next week about fracking ... or should we say anti-fracking ... because there will be no one on the panel to tell the pro-side of the shale oil industry ... and this session is being sponsored by the Wean Foundation.
This meeting will take place this coming Friday and Saturday from 9:00 am to 4:00 PM, and the costs are $50.00 for single day or $99.00 for both days, and among the speakers will be:
Keynote speaker will be Deborah Rogers of Energy Policy Forum of Dallas, who will talk about financial aspects of the industry in an address titled "Was the decline in natural-gas prices orchestrated?"
Bernard D. Goldstein will talk about potential public-health impacts.
Among the organizers of the conference are FracTracker Alliance, which has an office in the Wean Foundation's incubator office space; Buckeye Forest Council; and FreshWater Acountability Project Ohio.
The conference will present researchers who have studied human health effects of hydraulic fracturing. Other presenters will talk about the history and effects of hydraulic fracturing and policy implications.
http://www.fwapoh.com/ (http://www.fwapoh.com/)
Interesting that the Wean Foundation, started by Jack Wean, one of the big players in the 20 century local steel industry that brought untold riches to the area would support efforts to hamper the oil and gas industry that could very well do the same for the 21st century.
And those "public meetings to educate people" ain't cheap.
How is this meeting destroying our future?
WhyTown, very true, Jack Wean must be turning over in his grave to see his honorable name and money used by the likes of MVOC, YNDC and now the Fractivist, or................ maybe his heirs are ashamed of their legacy.
Similar to the Dearing compressor family, the business is doing millions in business in drilling components while one of the Dearing's is a very active Fractivist.
There's risks involved with any industry. I think the Warren, Ohio meeting is to present a side of the issue by those who can't pay millions of dollars for commercials on the TV, newspaper and radio.
This was a story on today's news
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577164/homes-evacuated-after-exxonmobil-oil-pipeline-spill-in-arkansas/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577164/homes-evacuated-after-exxonmobil-oil-pipeline-spill-in-arkansas/)
The photo with the story shows some of the oil that flowed between houses in a residential area.
Billy, I'll put it very simply, not intending to offend anyone ... but this outfit is nothing more nor less than the eco-Talaban wanting to drive us back to the stone age. Witness the fact that they will not have anyone present the pro-shale oil side, and they are demanding $50.00 to $100.00 each to listen to their propaganda.
What on earth are you talking about Jay ... WKBN Radio would welcome them on any of their local talk shows and WKBN TV and WYTV would welcome them on their early morning shows. As to the Vindicator they are doing tons of stories on all sides of the issue ... FREE. By the way, the folks that are the presenters belong to well funded anti-shale oil outfits so your assumptions do not hold.
I provided a link to the group earlier, did you go to it at all?
http://www.fwapoh.com/
Oh, by the way ... cars kill thousands each year, so should we ban cars? If we banned everything that is harmful to life or the environment, we would have to go back to the 16th century. We would also have to shut down modern medicine ... do you pay any attention to any of the drug industry ads that have to list side effects to the drugs they are promoting?
Quote do you pay any attention to any of the drug industry ads that have to list side effects to the drugs they are promoting?
The drug industry would not have told the public of the side effects of drugs without some group pushing for this type of disclosure. This is sort of what the clean water people are saying. Water contamination is one of the "side effects" of gas and oil extraction.
QuoteThe photo with the story shows some of the oil that flowed between houses in a residential area.
Sometimes Youtube videos give a resident's perspective of a news story. With the advent of small video and cell phone cameras, we no longer always have to wait for a tv camera crew to arrive at the scene of any news story.
This is a 33 second video of the Arkansas neighborhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u30m8U6VP3E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u30m8U6VP3E)
So, are we saying any anti-frackers distribute misinformation and the gas/oil companies distribute information that is gospel?
Absolutely wrong! Even in a court of law both sides have to be heard.
In the instent case before us, only one side is being heard.
I know that many of you hate the petrolium industry with all your hearts and souls, and you wouldn't take their word for anything ... even the time of day, and nothing they say or do would count for anything.
Lets look at it this way ... were these same groups operating in the early 1900's it would have been the steel industry that they were bashing because of all th smoke and pollution. Even today these same folks bash the coal industry ... the tember industry ... cattle farming ... poltry industry and other industries that don't meet with their approval.
Let it be perfectly clear to one and all ... I want to see Youngstown regain it's pride ... people put back to work ... and a prosperous community period, and we are standing at the doorway to that very thing, and either we show a little courage to walk through that doorway, or we walk away with our tails between our legs and see Youngstown become a ghost town with nothing to offer anyone.
Quote from: Billy Mumphrey on April 01, 2013, 08:36:34 AM
So, are we saying any anti-frackers distribute misinformation and the gas/oil companies distribute information that is gospel?
Billy,
How did you come up with this scenario based on what has been posted in this thread?
I saw nothing about misinformation, only that the meeting will be biased against fracking.
By the way Jay ... it's not the grass roots groups that affect the drug industry ... it's the FDA and CDC that does it ... government agencies with well qualified experts, and not a gaggle of protesters who do not have the training. You, I, and the man behind the tree have neither the training, skills, or knowledge to determine the safety of drugs.
The reason why there are drugs manufactured in Europe that are not permitted here is because the FDA and CDC have tested them,and found them wanting.
Also the FDA and CDC are alerted to problems by the doctors and hospitals of America, not protesters.
Certainly the associations such as heart and cancer input to the FDA and CDC, but they have trained doctors and scientists with the knowledge needed, and they are not a "grass roots organization" in any sense.
I guess I'm just reading between the lines on what others have written about the anti-fracking crowd on this forum. How is this event any different than all the pro-fracking shows aired on WKBN radio weekly which only promote the gas/oil company side of drilling?
There really is no difference other than the cost.
You're overlooking a very important fact Billy, about the debate on radio. Having done show prep for years, I can tell you with authority that anyone can call in and argue on either side ... pro and con, and it doesn't cost a thin dime ... BUT ... the Warren presentation not only will be one sided but you would have to shell out cold hard cash just to get in with absolutely no guarintee that you would be able to comment either pro or con.
Youngstown has been handed the opportunity for rebirth ... no one could ever have invisioned the day when we would see steel being made in Youngstown ever again, but that is exactly what has happened. Just as no one could have ever invisioned the day when Youngstown could ever be a technological hub, but that is exactly what is happening. No one ever thought that we would ever see the resurgence of interest in the downtown area, but that too is happening and soon, we will have our first downtown hotel in decades. Now thanks to shale oil, we are being handed another golden opportunity to bring high paying jobs back to Youngstown, and if we turn our backs on that we are condemning our city into a town that no one would ever want to bring a business to ... our educational institutions will suffer, our quality of life will suffer, and even more people will leave ...most particulairly our youth, for areas where they can find good paying jobs.
I just don't like the fact that environmentalists are being painted as un-American.
Environmentalist are un-American because they allow themselves to be used by the enemies of the USA...........I said it. Fact, NG producers of the world are now threatened by the USA's new technology of horizontal drilling, even surpassing the technology of nuclear power. What is missing from fractivist is their inability to understand the geopolitics, state-of-the-art and political funding by America's enemies.
Environmentalist, anti frackers are not. Propagandist yes, take Jay for example "water contamination is a side effect of drilling." Total lie, debunked over and over but propagandist don't care, they are programmed. Jay, other than Youtube show us one "authority" to back up your statement. Water contamination by accident yes, but not a general side effect.
The only true environmentalist are those who disconnect from the energy grid and show us how.
All I know is when I was a kid Earth Day and being an environmentalist was something looked upon as being a good thing. What has changed in 40 years?
There is no argument that concern for the environment is important, but saddly the environmentalists go to the extreme. Members of my own family were Forest Rangers; operated fish hatcheries; and were game wardens, but in each case, they were not tree huggers in any sense of the word.
There was a day when we did not have the technology to keep down the pollution, but those days are long gone witness the V&M Star Steel's success in producing steel in an environmentally friendly way.
Do you remember the days when the local mills poured out smoke and silt? Today you don't see that.
Where are the greatest producers of pollution? China.
We can spend the next fifty years talking about accidents ... accidents do happen, and in spite of all our good efforts to midegate them, they will continue to happen, but does that mean that we should shut down whole industries that have accidents? If that's the case, then we should outlaw all forms of transportation except for the horse and buggy, because of all the accidents that cars and trucks and busses are in yearly.
If you replaced all the motor vehicles with as many horse and buggies I bet the number of accidents wouldn't change much. better outlaw them too.
Billy, in the main, the object first and formost on the part of any talk show host is to generate ratings for the station which manifests itself in higher numbers of sponsors.
Now there are exceptions to the rule such was the case with Louie Free who bought time on the stations that he worked at, and in order for the whole scheme, he had to go out and try to find sponsors. Obviously, even after the Vindicatior took him under their wings he couldn't increase sponsorship. Throughout his career, he bounced from one low power station after another all of whom were not able to generate the number of sponsors necessary to make their stations viable in one of the most competitive industries in America.
The hosts at WKBN play the devils advocate on most of the topics on their shows, and do so in to generate controversy the stuff of any good talk show, and shale oil is no exception. They want their listeners to use the brain God gave them to form an opinion whether it is pro or con, and on any given day their opinion can change in order to generate calls from callers with opposing views. That's the way the game is played. In any case, the views expressed are those of the host and callers, and does not represent the views of either the station or sponsors.
Quote from: Billy Mumphrey on April 01, 2013, 08:00:22 PM
All I know is when I was a kid Earth Day and being an environmentalist was something looked upon as being a good thing. What has changed in 40 years?
What has changed? Plenty. The USA (and probably most of he civilized world) is cleaner today than it's been in 100 years. Thanks in no small part to environmentalists.
The problem is that most environmentalists today seem to fail to see the the progress that's been made. Many seem to have set the Garden of Eden as their goal regardless of the cost (in both quality of life and $$$). The largest groups, even the non-profits, need to continuously move their goal because if they would ever reach it, their existence and associated funding would end. The salaries they pay reach well into the 6 figures. Some of them even take donations from companies with some of the worst environmental track records. For example BP donates millions every year to environmental groups.
The way I see it, there needs to be a balance but most environmentalists just want to keep the scale tipped.
I don't know about you Billy, but I go back to the 1940's ... 73 years to be exact and Why?Town is right ... our environment has made huge leaps forward ... and as new technologies expand even more changes will be seen ... technologies developed by capitolist industries and not the environmentalists ... consider one such company that has recently come to Youngstown that can create precise parts for cars, trucks, machinery, aircraft and thousands of other applications with no adverse effect on the environment ... no smoke, no water pollution, and no waste to dispose of.
The environmentalists had nothing to do with this new technology ...it came out of the private sector.