Full disclosure, I used to reside in Monroe County, WV and part of me would like to see its bucolic Americana left unspoiled. However WV needs to be dragged out of the 19th century if it is to survive.
I have traversed a little known wilderness in Arizona and found an underground gasline passes through there. I would have never known it if there had not been small unobtrusive signs to tell me what was underfoot. I think the same thing could happen with the two WVa pipelines.
It’s a mixed blessing due to the effect of passing through the national forest. The positive effect is that many of the Marcellus wells which have already been drilled cannot be produced due to the lack of pipeline capacity. The new pipelines represent a future knife to the throats of Middle Eastern oil and gas producers along with Russia. Once the pipeline construction begins the countdown has begun to the flooding of markets with cheap American natural gas. LNG shipments to Europe have already begun threatening Russia’s energy dominance of Europe for political purposes.
Anyone know the status of the keystone pipeline?
It would impact cronyism captain buffet and his BSF investment.
MAGA!
I am an owner of some of those mineral rights
My family is also 8 generations WVa folk
I understand both sides of this argument
Real wealth created by real energy!
This is what will make America great again.
The USA will become world dominant in Coal, Oil, LNG and raw materials for the various chemical industries
West Virginia had second highest GDP
WASHINGTON - West Virginia had the second highest growth in gross domestic product (GDP) of any state in the country during the first quarter of 2017, and Gov. Jim Justice attributes the climb to the bounce back in the coal industry.
Mining grew by 21.6 percent nationally, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce report, contributing to growth in 48 states. That made Texas, West Virginia, and New Mexico the three fastest growing states, growing at 3.9 percent, 3.0 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
"I know the coal business like the back of my hand and the current spike in the coal market was one I saw coming, and our state Legislature refused to listen," Justice said in a news release. "If you go back to the October 2016 debates for governor, I said that coal would rebound and that our severance tax collection would go up. Some people laughed at the time, and they were totally wrong."
The governor's office also reported that a new Reuters analysis shows U.S. coal exports have increased more than 60 percent this year due to soaring demand from Europe and Asia.
Now you know why WV loves Trump.
Delivering promises Bigly.
.. Its the Trump energy policy.....The USA will become world dominant in Coal, Oil, LNG and raw materials for the various chemical industries
A pipeline across the Sahara would face similar arguments by these modern-day Luddites.