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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Now I understand why the climate change crazies try to cut off all debate
on their unproven hypothesis. So many of their leading supporters are
frothing at the mouth, over the line, nucking futz! Witness biologist Sandra
Steinberger, the woman who receives some the credit for convincing Cuban
traveler, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo to ban fracking in the People's Republic
of NY. According to MS. Steinberger the only jobs for women created by
fracking are for hookers and maids.
Ms. Steinberger is a biologist but that doesn't prevent her from speaking as
an expert in geology, climate science, and economics.
In an April 6 lecture at the University of Pittsburgh, biologist Sandra
Steingraber of New Yorkers Against Fracking described the fight over oil and
natural gas development as a feminist issue.
“Fracking as an industry serves men. Ninety-five percent of the people
employed in the gas fields are men. When we talk about jobs, we’re talking
about jobs for men, and we need to say that,” said Ms. Steingraber
“The jobs for women are ‘hotel maid’ and ‘prostitute,’” she says.
“So when fracking comes into a community, what we see is that women take a
big hit, especially single women who have children who depend on rental
housing.”
The first and most important problem with Ms. Steinberger's rant is that her
facts are way off base:
Supporters of the industry swung back by citing a 2014 report from the
American Petroleum Institute, which found that women filled 226,000 oil, gas
and petrochemical industry jobs, or 19 percent.
The report predicts job opportunities will grow for female and male
petroleum engineers, managers and others by 70,000 from 2010 to 20130.
“[W]omen are employed across all job categories, including professional
and managerial, office and support, and blue-collar,” said the report.
Ms. Steingraber’s comments come amid a push by environmental groups to
cast hydraulic fracturing as part of the “war on women,” which industry
critics dismiss as the latest anti-fracking tactic. Foes have also blamed
fracking for an increase in bar fights and drug abuse.
In North Dakota, the industry has built so-called “man camps” for
workers unable to find housing in the state’s sparsely populated western
half, which may have contributed to the perception of the industry as a men-
only field.
The second mistake this practitioner of nut-job economics makes is fracking
creates jobs outside of the fracking industry. The slight period of
economic growth we had late last year and early this year can be attributed
to the lower energy costs created mostly by fracking. Lower energy costs put
more money in people's pockets they spend more which invigorates the
economy (both men and women). |
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