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"within a few more years of documentation NIMBY will steamroll the industry with a vengance"

People, to include Nelder, have been saying that for at least 5 years, and yet look at the chart above... natural gas production bouncing around the all time highs.

The US has a long legal tradition of strong mineral rights. Federal land, state land, sure, you can keep fracking out. Private land - it will eventually get adjudicated in the courts as a "holdings" case.

Which way do you think the John Roberts court would rule on whether landowners are allowed to frack on their own land?