Newspaper follow-up

Being disappointed in myself from not expressing my opinion via the local newspaper online, I decided to email the reporter.  I first explained that my concerns did not directly address his article but more the subject of hydro-fracking dangers in general.  He responded, much to my pleasure, and is going to pass along what I wrote to the editorial department.  It sounds kind of like a "food for thought" type of situation where they might choose to do an editorial piece on the subject.  So I didn't actually have my say, but then again I did.  Now they can take all the backlash from nutjobs expounding their idiocy through online responses instead of it being deflected to me for writing a letter to the newspaper editor.

It was refreshing to have the reporter not dismiss me as a general kook and ignore my email.  So many people expel their b.s. anonymously online (*clears guilty throat*), and I was glad he didn't take my email that way.  I passed along yet another link to more online information from a Cornell University study about animal health being affected by fracking.  Perhaps Midwestern citizens might pay attention if their livelihoods (farming and livestock) are potentially impacted.

People only seem to care about ecology when it affects their financial bottom line, not when it affects our planet, human kind, and animals.  How about their kids' kids' kids?  With more and more greed and disdain in the world, I'm glad others actually care what we're doing to our planet and try to do something about it.  It's science, folks, not just a bunch of crazy liberals jumping on the Al Gore bandwagon.  Seriously, what would we have to personally benefit from lessening the abuses except helping preserve life in the future?  We're not making any money off the effort.  Some of us simply still care about generations to come and not just about using up and destroying everything we have now.  Drill, baby, drill ... my ass!

Can't wait to see what happens with the newspaper, if anything.  Maybe I will write the letter based on what I already said to the reporter if I don't see anything on the subject in the next few weeks.  Remaining silent just seems too complicit.

What I was going to post in a local newspaper comment ...

"Why NOT buy even more lower-cost power from the grid?  Because the detrimental effects on human health and damage related to fracking are more important than profits.  Look at any example from the east coast battle (NY, PA, VA, WV) and across the U.S. (TX, ID & ND) against hydraulic fracturing."  


Article titled "Cheap Natural gas is saving for C.U." at City-Utilities-power-plant  


I was also going to link to the New York Times archive of all their commentary and articles there about hydro-fracking at NYT archives.  But my FB account profile popped up, as that's the only way to comment, and it listed my employer next to my name.  So many people around here would connect my thoughts to me speaking on behalf of my job.  

Funny that I've complained so much about the crackpots who use the anonymity of the internet to spew their opinions everywhere through online responses and comments, and I was joining their ranks.  Here is my forum instead!