“Such is the way corporate environmentalism functions these days media angst articles proliferate after the profitability of the exploited resource declines. Creating spot shortages by burning down or bombing, or shutting down drilling operations or refineries then becomes capitalism 101s solution for keeping profits flowing. The cost of fracking , while lucrative at the beginning for big oil was always a loser for the taxpaying citizenry who bear the cost of the environmental disasters and clean ups required, after the profits are extracted.”