Bringing Balance to the Shale Gas Debate

Rig towers like this tend to create lots of talk. See what the NY Times had to say this time.

There’s an op-ed piece in the New York Times that you just gotta see if you follow our industry  — even from a casual interest to downright opposition.

It offers the kind of balance that helps foster, facilitate and advance productive conversations in coffee houses and living rooms across the country.

And it wasn’t written, penned or promoted by any kind of industry spokesman. The author is David Brooks, an op-ed Times columnist since 2003.

Just to arouse your curiosity (and because we can’t republish the Times’ content in its entirety), here’s an excerpt:

“The U.S. is polarized between ‘drill, baby, drill’ conservatives, who seem suspicious of most regulation, and some environmentalists, who seem to regard fossil fuels as morally corrupt and imagine we can switch to wind and solar overnight.”

Brooks goes on to say that the “inherent risks (of industry) can be managed if there is a reasonable regulatory regime, and if the general public has a balanced and realistic sense of the costs and benefits.”

But don’t take our word for the thoughtful bent behind this piece. Please, read it for yourself. You can do so right here.