Stating there is no need for Measure P, many letters have repeated the tired refrain by the energy producers’ coalition that “there is no fracking in Santa Barbara County, and no plans for its use in the future.”
Such shallow reasoning is similar to stubbornly insisting that because there is no fire in a building and no plans for one in the future, there is no need to have fire insurance!
Would you trust someone who urges you to avoid fire insurance because there is currently no fire nor any plans for one in the future?
Don’t trust those who urge you to ignore the dangers of allowing new wells to use more extreme techniques.
If we allow thousands of new wells to use more extreme techniques, property values will decline and our water will be contaminated by the inevitable. Our economy and our health will be far better off if Measure P passes.
Vote yes on P!
This article appears in Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2014.