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February 28, 2014 10:54 AM UTC
13 Comments
Dear Pols,
Thanks for spelling the plural of moratorium correctly.
Good to see that not everyone failed high school Latin.
,dave
I assume we can now count energy jobs along with gun industry jobs as jobs Colorado Pols is fine to see leave the state.
Please, Hickenlooper, talk some sense into them.
Mod,
They wanted to lose another 500K jobs and raise the minimum wage as part of the "inequality" war du jour. Only problem was the big O and dirty Harry could not get enough Dems to go along so they will have to get another subject for the latest progressive pogrom.
Perhaps its back to the war on women.
I thought you righties were all for local control and against evil top down dictatorial Guvmint. Isn't that why Obama is a Nazi or something?
Naah, they're not FOR anything.
Don't confuse them.
I attended a fine Colorado public school where they taught me arithmetic. I'm pretty sure that, given the state industry employs 29,421 people in total, AC's comment is mathematically impossible:
I'm pretty sure these moretoria and bans will do little to slow the rampant extraction of our states natural gas resources, nor materially impact their current labor force. They just don't get to do it inside the city and/or county limits of local governments who challenge the industries asserted right to do so – and exercise their right to local control.
The industry predeliction for vastly overstating their own importance was made evident when, at the recent AQCC hearings, State Representative Ray Scott claimed that oil and gas development was our "economic lifeblood".
I was happy to point out to the Commission that O&G is only a part of the "mining" sector…which accounts for just 4% of our state economy. Hardly "lifeblood" status, but the realities of this world have never kept Rep. Scott and his fellow water carriers from "embellishing" the facts to suit their propaganda campaign..
Mod,
Maybe Hickenloper can talk some sense into the CEO of Exxon.
Rex Tillerson and his wealthy Texas neighbors are fighting the construction of a tower that would provide water for drilling.
I think it's a trade-off we win. Let's say we completely shut down fracking. That would cost about 10,000 jobs. That's a hit.
But in return, this is a place where more people want to live. We continue to grow the high-tech jobs here. That will bring in a lot more than 10,000 new jobs. So a net gain.
And the jobs in high-tech tend to be less dangerous, nicer working conditions, and pay better.
So I ask you, why are you against better jobs for this state?
+100
Oil and gas generates 2.25 percent of state Gross Domestic Product and 29,421 Colorado jobs (1 percent of the state workforce). On the other hand, the science and high-tech services industry generates 9.56 percent of state GDP and employs 275,885 Coloradans.
In other words, the oil and gas industry generates 13,076 jobs per point of state GDP; the science and high-tech sector generates 28,858 jobs per point of GDP
To your point David, an excellent one, any jobs lost by the fracking moretoria would be quickly filled by those who would move thier businesses to Colorado's Front Range because of the overall environment on the Front Range.
With the price of natural gas in the toilet (it was up to about $6.00 per mcf a couple of days ago, but that price isn't sustainable) the O&G boys aren't as boisterous as they have been. Things aren't looking good for the boys from 17th st.
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