To the Editor:

Vic Drummond has written several times about the silliness of the anti-fracking group, and I would have to add a few comments to his. We can disregard what the politicians have to say about fracking because they are like hawks and will follow any group hysteria they can find in order to garner votes, most of whom care less about facts, just votes.

I would have to ask the question of whether the anti-fracking groups are unpatriotic and simply following orders from the OPEC oil rich countries that are absolutely against America becoming energy self-reliant because it would cut into their ability to raise money for terrorism around the world. Let’s be honest, we all know that a good part of the price we pay for gas and oil goes to fund murderous outfits like ISIS. I frame this as just a question and of course we really don’t know who started the anti-fracking movement or where its roots may lie. We do know, however, OPEC will not be happy if we become energy self-sufficient and the anti-fracking groups just play into their hands.

The roots could also be woven into a number of environmental groups who see our future as riding bicycles to work, (if there is any work) and living on small farms where we grow our own food and don’t need transportation or electricity.

I doubt if any of the local hysterical anti-fracking group has visited a wind farm because they would quickly find that windmills generating electricity put out a noise that is maddening and continues as long as the wind blows. Locally, someone could go insane with a windmill whining in their backyard. Not to mention the millions of birds killed when they collide with the spinning blades, including our national symbol, the bald eagle.

In my opinion we should not ignore those who just like to lead a group of hysterical people and hear themselves talk. It is, after all, a huge ego trip for anyone so inclined but we need to put that in context and allow for it.

Keep in mind that mass hysteria prevented the further development of nuclear power in the United States and we are so far behind now and construction costs have risen so much that we may never recover. All the while, France gets 80 percent of its power from nuclear and, unlike Germany, is not beholding to Russia for oil.  

All the bumper sticker slogans anti-fracking groups use when they talk about the “rich big oil” folks is smoke and mirrors when in fact most of the work is done by “wild catters” who do the drilling and who gamble, and often lose, and certainly don’t plan on coming anywhere near our area anyway.  

It’s all a big wind, folks, just so much simplistic thinking for the benefit of their friends in Saudi Arabia.”

Bob Wilson   

Franklin