Today, the Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce met with the Colorado Oil and Gas association -who represent over 300 energy companies in the state- to talk about bans on hydraulic fracturing. In the future there could be a statewide vote to ban fracking which is piggy backing off of the four regions in Colorado that have banned it so far.
Doug Flanders, The Colorado Oil and Gas director had this to say. “It’s not surprising that you would have passed that [ban] in the city of Boulder. They haven’t seen a well since 1999. It’s a symbolic vote saying we don’t like oil and gas. It has nothing to do with hydraulic fracturing,” said Colorado Oil and Gas director of policy Doug Flanders.
This statement is running off of a stereotype that Mr. Flanders has against Boulder County. Our townspeople voted from their own judgement and not simply from environmentalist rhetoric that floats around the city. Since the price of living here has gone up so much, we are seeing more conservative people in Boulder and I have seen more right wing bumper stickers than ever before and our votes on other matters prove that. If someone does not support oil and gas they most likely will not be for the fracturing, but even if they are that doesn’t mean they will not vote against it as well.
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