I live in rural New York and I see quite a few anti-fracking bumper stickers on cars. I feel like that essentially says, "oil is okay, as long as the consequenc

I live in rural New York and I see quite a few anti-fracking bumper stickers on cars. I feel like that essentially says, "oil is okay, as long as the consequences affect other people". I think that is a disingenuous characterization, not unlike saying that the Occupy protesters are hypocrites for using iphones. In both cases the people protesting live in a society where their access to other forms of technology are restricted by the inertia of the market. That very restriction is a major part of what they are protesting.