When this new "boom" came in about 15 years ago, most of the high-paying jobs went to people who moved here from Texas and Oklahoma because they were regular oil industry employees. Personally I don't know anyone who has benefitted financially from this "boom" but I guess some in Butler and Beaver counties have benefitted.
The sad thing is that rural landowners sign agreements to allow the oil companies to come on their land and drill with the new fracking technology. That's the only oil left because the old technology oil wells played out long ago. Now the new fracking technology pumps contaminated water into the substructure and forces the oil out of the ground. Net result is that the local water wells and aquifers are ruined for the next 1,000 years.
How are the oil companies planning to replace our drinking water supplies? How are Pennsylvania farmers supposed to water their crops and feed their animals? Some farm families have been forced to give up their land because of the groundwater and well water being ruined by the frackers. Others stay on their farms as long as they can afford to have water delivered in tank trucks, which is expensive.
Long story short - I can't believe that Pennsylvanians will turn off to Kamala because of the anti-fracking position. She actually has a good point and many Pennsylvanians agree with her. If the oil companies don't like her, well they weren't going to vote blue anyway.
Edit history
Recommendations
2 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
= new reply since forum marked as read