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I was riding my bike the other day, which gave me time to think about things, and suddenly the one above sent a thought into my brain, so I thought I'd share it.
We're dependent on Russia and other countries to supply us with oil and gas. They know that we need it and can't really get it anywhere else, so they keep bumping up the price. Some government agency is tasked with doing something about it, so they hatch a fantastic plot.
They spread the word that we have vast reserves of gas under the country, which we can get by fracking. They start up a few drilling rigs, and tell everybody that they can get loads of gas with this method. One of rigs only digs a deep hole, down which they place a bomb or three, which they explode. People feel the vibrations. so the agency tells them that it was an earthquake caused by fracking. They spread the news in a massive publicity campaign, so everyone gets nervous about fracking. Then they wind up a few reactionaries to start a campaign to prevent fracking. In the meantime they negotiate new contracts for gas with Russia. They tell them that we don't really need it because we've got our own now, and finally settle a deal at a much lower price, telling the Russians it's just insurance in case there's too much trouble with fracking protesters.
They then wind up the protesters a bit more, so that they camp round a rig threatening to stop it, so the agency tells them that they'll stop drilling for a bit while they decide what to do. Later, a big announcement is made that fracking is suspended because of public opinion, and because they've got lower prices from the Russians that makes it less economically viable, and they'll reconsider the situation if the price of gas goes up again.
All goes quiet on the fracking front apart from a bit of pseudo-experimental drilling, just to keep the Russians on their toes.
This whole scenario suddenly appeared in my brain. I didn't have to figure out anything. I wonder what I'll get on the next ride.
We're dependent on Russia and other countries to supply us with oil and gas. They know that we need it and can't really get it anywhere else, so they keep bumping up the price. Some government agency is tasked with doing something about it, so they hatch a fantastic plot.
They spread the word that we have vast reserves of gas under the country, which we can get by fracking. They start up a few drilling rigs, and tell everybody that they can get loads of gas with this method. One of rigs only digs a deep hole, down which they place a bomb or three, which they explode. People feel the vibrations. so the agency tells them that it was an earthquake caused by fracking. They spread the news in a massive publicity campaign, so everyone gets nervous about fracking. Then they wind up a few reactionaries to start a campaign to prevent fracking. In the meantime they negotiate new contracts for gas with Russia. They tell them that we don't really need it because we've got our own now, and finally settle a deal at a much lower price, telling the Russians it's just insurance in case there's too much trouble with fracking protesters.
They then wind up the protesters a bit more, so that they camp round a rig threatening to stop it, so the agency tells them that they'll stop drilling for a bit while they decide what to do. Later, a big announcement is made that fracking is suspended because of public opinion, and because they've got lower prices from the Russians that makes it less economically viable, and they'll reconsider the situation if the price of gas goes up again.
All goes quiet on the fracking front apart from a bit of pseudo-experimental drilling, just to keep the Russians on their toes.
This whole scenario suddenly appeared in my brain. I didn't have to figure out anything. I wonder what I'll get on the next ride.
