Fired Up Over Drilling

Tucked in among the ads for escorts and massage parlors in the current issue of Fort Worth Weekly is a whiney article about natural gas wells. The article mentions protestors on the east side that I've discussed before, failing to note that the protestors brought this on themselves with their previous NIMBY attitude.

In typical FW Weekly style, the article includes a heavy dose of all the evils that might, could, can, and are possible, with gas wells. But I read the article twice and could not find any hard facts that gas wells are especially hazardous. Hmmmm..... Perhaps the facts didn't fit in with the Weekly's sky is falling theme?

We are also asked to feel sorry for a dual-income yuppy couple in northwest Tarrant County that have been victimized (and after all, isn't everyone featured in a story by the FW Weekly a victim?) by an evil gas well drilling company. These people just crack me up. They move out to the country to get away from city taxes and city regulations then complain because there is no regulation. I always say the wonderful thing about living out in the country is that you can do whatever you want on your land. The bad thing is that so can your neighbor.