Reason Magazine: The Promised Land of Fracking
Environmental activists, who once hailed natural gas as the bridge fuel to the renewable energy future, have turned with a vengeance against it. Originally, activists who worried about man-made global warming produced by burning fossil fuels that emit carbon dioxide favored fracking because burning natural gas produces about half the carbon dioxide emitted by coal. However, local and national environmental groups have turned decisively against shale gas based on both not-in-my-backyard concerns and the fear that cheap natural gas undermines the economic case for solar and wind power. (emphasis added – Ed)
Emphasis added as it’s a “So Boulder” moment. The article is also seems to be a fairly good synopsis of what’s going with fracking pro and con.
