It is common knowledge, the US has more than adequate suppies of oil should the environmentalists be shut the hell up and told to stay out of the way. Fracking has been a good thing for the US and the natural gas supply.
I am smack dab in the middle of four well pads that are fracking. Unless you know it is going on, you will never know there is a pad in your area. The companies that are fracking in my area actually IMPROVE the land surrounding the pad and it is evident the royalties are hitting a lot of properties; home improvements, new vehicles, restaurants PACKED on the weekends. People now have more disposable income and it is starting to show. Now I question how PA will F it up with regulations and taxation.