Death Threats, Socialist Resonance, and Other Weird Progress on the Energy Road
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From BOE REPORT
December 8, 20217:00 AM Terry Etam
It’s time to turn over a new leaf. Maybe it’s the spirit of the season, maybe it’s delirium from a third vaccination (tip: just wander into a little pharmacy and ask for one, they’re happy to inject anything), or maybe it’s the turning tide in the energy world. At any rate, despite what the news might tell you, there is a converging energy harmony taking place that is good news indeed. But getting there to investigate is a dangerous journey.
People ask if the crazies that attack hydrocarbon-respecting energy commentators are annoying or bothersome, but they’re not. I don’t read comments; I used to, and recognized a few familiar voices that doggedly appear week after week to crap on everything. The only emotion I could muster was pity – what a way to spend your life, determinedly following something that drives you crazy.
One bout of feedback did get my attention though in kind of a weak death-threat-y kind of way. Years ago I defended Rachel Notley in a column (not even a full comrade hug, just a counter to ludicrous notions I’d heard blaming her for all the oil patch’s woes, many of which built up under previous governments). Some people equate recognition of anything good by an ‘enemy’ as an act of war, and one not-cheerful reader’s feathers were so ruffled that he volunteered to come strangle me.
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