The oil and gas companies can take a lot of the blame here. And don't start sounding off on how I know nothing about the oil and gas industry. We own private oil and gas companies, my husband has been in oil and gas exploration all of his employed life and my daughter is a geologist as well.
The oil companies simply did not bring their perspective down to a common denominator that could be understood by anyone not employed by the oil and gas industry. They might have known what they were talking about, they might have been correct, but they simply could not explain the scenario to Dick and Jane on the street.
Sure, they took out full page ads to try and get their point across. Anyone remember those or try to read them? You lost Dick or Jane by the end of the first paragraph. And it was Dick or Jane that were convinced they were being screwed over so they were the ones the oil and gas companies had to reach.
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