{"id":15741,"date":"2012-09-30T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T01:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15741"},"modified":"2012-09-30T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T01:17:40","slug":"following-the-money-on-americas-domestic-energy-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15741","title":{"rendered":"Following The Money On America’s Domestic Energy Front"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Hinderaker<\/a> at Power Line<\/a> posted an article today about the Matt Damon<\/a> movie<\/a>, “Promised Land.” The movie is essentially an anti-fracking<\/a> movie that plays fast and loose with the actual truth. The movie was funded by the United Arab Emirates<\/a>. We are supposed to believe that they are neutral parties in America<\/a>‘s quest for energy independence. Yeah, right.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

But the movie is actually worse than a garden-variety, ill-informed environmentalist fantasy, in which companies\u2013especially energy companies\u2013are villains, and whoever opposes development of resources\u2013especially energy resources<\/a>\u2013is a hero. The original script for Promised Land<\/em> portrayed anti-fracking activists as disinterested, admirable whistle-blowers. But while the film was in production, it came to light<\/a> that several of the main real-world anti-fracking activists were peddling frauds:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article then goes on to list some of the cases that have proved that the complaints against fracking are not valid.<\/p>\n

The article explains how the movie dealt with the anti-fracking fraud:<\/p>\n

News stories about these frauds were widely enough circulated that the filmmakers were concerned that moviegoers may be aware of them, and it could make the premise of their movie laughable. So, did they respond by telling the truth about the anti-fracking movement? Of course not. Did they cancel the film and eat their losses? Don\u2019t be silly! No, they changed the script. In the finished version of Promised Land<\/em>, \u201cthe fraudulent environmentalists are secretly working for the gas company to smear the environmental movement<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have a few questions about this whole fracking thing. “Why is the environmental movement so against America becoming energy independent?” Wouldn’t the environment be cleaner if every country used its own energy sources? Isn’t the use of local resources a better idea than taking a chance on oil spills by transporting oil all around the world? Are the environmentalists themselves using less energy to show that they practice what they preach?<\/p>\n

Almost every country in the world has an energy source<\/a>. The only country that I am aware of that uses almost 100% green energy is Iceland. They have harnessed the volcanoes the country sits on and used the superheated steam from the volcanoes to provide electricity. Obviously, every country does not sit on volcanoes and can’t do that, but America sits on large deposits of natural gas, a relatively clean source of energy that can be retrieved by fracking. We need to use our own resources. The United Arab Emirates needs to find new customers!<\/p>\n

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