Hello Friends,
Our state is in the sixth year of drilling in the Fayetteville Shale. I'll guess that many of you are sick of hearing me talk about this issue. I'll also guess that many of you have not really looked in detail at many of the things I have written or said about this issue. I don't take it personally. Much of the information is less interesting than reading the soup cans at Kroger.
When I first heard about the drilling process, I was alarmed. It did not sound safe to me. Within thirty minutes of researching hydraulic fracturing I was convinced that it was a desperate move by a desperate nation. Now, three years after my first involvement, I'm more convinced than ever that hydraulic fracturing is a terrible, fatalistic endeavor.
If I did not have friends and family in Arkansas I would be looking for a way out now. If I could afford it, and my family was willing, I would relocate us all now from the land that I love. A place that I am certain to be an American treasure. (I've been to 40 + states so I know!) The natural resources that Arkansas possesses are unequaled by any region in the world. Its been said that Arkansas is the only American state that could be fully sustained by its own resources. As Ronnie Lane says, there is nowhere to run.
It is very sad to me that I would consider relocating my family to a place that is safer for human health due only to wise use. I always think about Japanese culture and how hyper-vigilance regarding ecology sustains the ancient culture on their tiny Island. I think about how Arkansas has the potential to support so many more people and grow in diversity if we take care of our resources. Arkansans need Arkansas. The world needs Arkansas. Not the chemical Arkansas. The Natural Arkansas.
I need your help to communicate what is really going on. I know that the people of Arkansas love Mike Beebe. They think he is a swell guy. Maybe I just don't know how to communicate with him. I believe he must get publicly involved deeply in this issue right now. Not reading prepared statements, but speaking frankly about this issue in an open forum. A forum that is not brokered by the Democrat Gazette, or Channel 7 or Stephens Media.
Do you know where the best place to discuss this issue is? Its right here in our old friend Facebook. Any of you out there who have an "in" with the Beebe administration, please share this note with them. Consider it a cry for help.
Thanks for your consideration,
Roderick A. Bryan
Arkansan
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