exactly right. The only people that intimately know the workings of reservoirs, and know the risks and pitfalls of the fracking and production process from fiel

exactly right. The only people that intimately know the workings of reservoirs, and know the risks and pitfalls of the fracking and production process from field experience are almost always directly benefiting from increased oil production won by fracking. I'm sure there are some environmental professionals that have been around the oil patch long enough to know what's what, and I'd love to hear their take. I am unabashedly on the fence on the matter. It is one of those things that the consequences are far more irreversible if one party is correct, and I always try to bear that in mind.