Dammit -- I wish I could celebrate this

[theHandpuppet]

2. Most people know so little of Appalachian history

As for me, my ancestors in KY and WV, to a man, fought for the Union during the Civil War. Appalachia was the bedrock for Southern Unionism. Much of that history has been deliberately erased.

I'm afraid I hold out little hope that climate change and the dependence of fossil fuels will be addressed to the degree it MUST be to avoid an environmental disaster on a planetary scale. The explosion of the fracking industry is just the last straw and it might just be the one that finally breaks the camel's back.