I grew up south of Buffalo. There were natural gas wells there back in the 1970’s. I knew two families who had gas wells on their property. There has been oil exploration on the NY/PA border for 100 years. Ever hear of Oil City , PA. and Quakerstate ?
The economic malaise of upstate NY can be blamed on one thing. NY govt.
“Ever hear of Oil City , PA. and Quakerstate ?”
Yes, heard of them all as well as Pennzoil and the good Edwin(?)Drake who, I believe, made the initial discovery of oil in the US in western(?)PA back in the 1800’s.
But, did I not pretty well state the problem as government(state and local), relative to drilling/lack thereof, under pressure from greenies?