The Opposite of Woe: on Energy & Oil

Drank fracking fluid to partner industry & environmentalists

I unscrewed the lid and took a swig. The room fell silent. I turned to Lesar and said, "Well it doesn't taste very good."

Lesar quipped back, "I said it was safe to drink. I didn't say it was Gatorade." When word that I imbibed a bit of fracking fluid found its way into the media, it was portrayed as if I drank the oil and gas industry's Kool-Aid; that this old oil and gas geologist was a patsy for the industry. Truth was, I was attempting to facilitate a partnership--to foster trust and cooperation--between industry and the environmental community--in hope that we might agree to the toughest fracking fluid disclosure rules in the country.