My City is Insane

[Zundfolge]

You'd never get all the gasoline providers to come together on this, but it would be funny if you could get all of them to decide to close down all their gas stations in these "no fracking" cities, towns and counties.

[roberth]

You'd never get all the gasoline providers to come together on this, but it would be funny if you could get all of them to decide to close down all their gas stations in these "no fracking" cities, towns and counties.

That is a great idea, then those idiots would have to use even more gas.

[Gman]

Make 'em drive for their fix of hypocrisy.

[BushMasterBoy]

Trump banned this nonsense from his side. EPA banned from social media.

[Dave_L]

Some days, I feel like its not just your city but the entire country is insane.

[Singlestack]

I understand that people may differ on oil and gas exploration based on potential pollution and "climate change". While I believe the pollution risks can be meaningfully minimized and that global warming/climate change is the biggest hoax perpetrated on modern cultures, I know there are many who feel the opposite and probably won't be swayed. But what bothers me is the overt lawlessness of this measure, regardless of the underlying oil/gas concerns. Yes, our country is deeply divided, but as far as I can tell only the left promotes anarchy and lawlessness as a means to an end. This is the kind of stuff the Communist party and SDS was promoting in the 50s and 60s. So, I'm left with a feeling that many on the left, and probably all of the activists, support lawless activity and perhaps violence in some forms to get their way. I have heard some lefties say Occupy Wall Street was non-violent protest and while that may have mostly been the case, there were assualts, rapes, and other violent crimes they committed.

[Skip]

Some days, I feel like its not just your city but the entire country is insane.

The sane folks are working, raising their kids, and creating value. They don't have time for insanity.

If the crazies create a reality where the avg Joe can't live his life and take care of his family, it's on.

And we could have organized and done the same thing to Left over the last eight years without letting it get to this point.

[Rumline]

Isn't fracking banned in Boulder Co already?

I think so, but there were wells not far from where I used to live that were west of 287.

[Grant H.]

There are lots of wells in Boulder County. Many producers have wells in Boulder county.

There are 14 active wells inside Lafayette City limits (I have been to every single one of them repeatedly), and there are 10 more that have been P&A'd.

I can tell you that the company that owns 99% of the drilling rights in/around Lafayette doesn't give a damn about drilling in city limits. Outside city limits, they intend to expand their investment noticeably in the near future.

No, fracking isn't banned in Boulder County. They can't legally ban it. What they are currently doing is enforcing their "moratorium" on drilling by not approving any drilling permits in the county. This hasn't been a big deal, because all the wells in Boulder county are old vertical wells, and I don't believe that any of the producers have plans of trying to redrill, or new drill, horizontal pads inside of Boulder County.

[roberth]

Thank you Grant H. for the clarification.