The woman is utterly ignorant to think that the gas should only be used to heat local homes. And it’s also blind to not see how even if THAT gas isn’t used in HER area,, why it isn’t a massive benefit to her.
Taxes pour into the local base,,local people who own the land get paid well. SHE gets paid rent for the pipeline on her land. Guys like her son get paying blue collar jobs (i heard the steel mills closed?) , now he buys a house, a car, a dinner out. The price for the gas she DOES use drops because the overall supply increases, her NATION benefits.
Tell her to grow up, or maybe read a book.
PS,, i don’t know how to break it to her,, but those chocolate bars they make in Hershey,,They ain’t all ate in Pennsylvania either.
I agree. She also needs to understand that natural gas is everywhere. There’s a LOT of it. If we can sell it, why not ?
She does not have to let the pipeline go over her property. But her neighbor might.
I fault the people in charge for not explaining to her exactly what will be happening.
Speaking as a Southwest PA man — our new governor will not put a tax on that gas. So, unfortunately, “taxes pour into the local base” isn’t really true.
My question is — who owns that gas? The people who own the land the gas in on or the people who drill wells miles away and steal it?
All I know is that I’m not making any money from it.