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Just saw this ad on Pgh tv for 1st time & think Trump campaign has really misread the politics of fracking here. "Pennsylvania is a fossil fuel state!" + this image are if anything likely to remind suburban & rural SWPA'nians of the enviro cost that *worries* them about fracking
For a nuanced & on-point analysis of why & among whom fracking stands as an emotional touchpoint you have to read @ORMorrison. Spoiler alert: the voters who are spouting most angrily about Joe Biden & fracking were never going to vote for him anyway https://www.publicsource.org/southwest-pennsylvania-national-media-trump-biden-fracking-election-2020/
. @NikilSaval captures other key fact: fracking's main lived impact was via leases & royalties, not jobs. Basically a fleeting demonstration case for how popular UBI would be in rural areas (...if residents weren't fretting about who else might claim it?) https://newrepublic.com/article/159928/future-democratic-party
Ugh I got work to do today, folks: please tell me someone else is doing the Lord's work of pointing out that the claim that 600,000 Pennsylvanians work "in the fracking industry" is flat out false, exaggerated by a factor of 20X to 30X depending how generously you count?
Here's a PA state-commissioned study, counting generously: ~24,000 jobs in natural gas statewide in 2019 http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Energy/Office%20of%20Energy%20and%20Technology/OETDPortalFiles/2020EnergyReport/2020PAEnergyEmploymentReport.pdf
