EXXON MOBIL HAS LONG BEEN A PROPONENT OF HYDRAULIC FRACKING,
THEY BELIEVE THAT FRACKING HAS NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
GROUNDWATER, THE ENVIRONMENT, OR ON THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING
EARTHQUAKES IN STATES WHERE EARTHQUAKES PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T
EVEN EXIST.
HOWEVER, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, REX
TILLERSON, CEO OF EXXON MOBIL, DID SOMETHING AGAINST FRACKING
BACK IN 2014, AND THIS STORY IS RESURFACING, LEAVING TOWARD A
LITTLE BIT OF CRITICISM FOR ONE OF DONALD TRUMP'S CABINET PICKS.
HE'S BEEN NOMINATED AS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE AGAIN HE IS
THE CEO OF EXXON MOBIL.
BACK IN 2014 THERE WERE PLANS TO BUILD A
WATER TOWER CLOSE TO A PROPERTY HE OWNED IN DENTON, TX, AND
TILLERSON WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT THIS WATER TOWER, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE UTILIZED FOR HYDRAULIC FRACKING.
THE WATER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN FROM THAT TOWER TO
LOCATIONS WHERE HYDRAULIC FRACKING WOULD TAKE PLACE.
LET
ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS --
DAMN, THAT'S A LOT OF ACRES, BY THE WAY.
OF COURSE.
HE ALREADY MADE GAZILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING CEO,
BUT ON HIS WAY OUT THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM APPROXIMATELY
$150 MILLION.
THEY SAY NO, NO, OF COURSE HE EARNED THAT THROUGH
HIS YEARS OF SERVICE, ETC.
PLUS WHEN HE IS SECRETARY OF STATE,
THERE ARE NO MORE SANCTIONS THAT INVOLVE OIL.
WE WILL BE GETTING
ANY CONTRACT WE LIKE, INCLUDING THAT HALF-TRILLION DOLLAR ONE WE
NEGOTIATED WITH PUTIN EARLIER.
THAT 150 MILLION, THAT IS JUST
GOOD WORK HE'S BEEN DOING, SUPPORTING THINGS LIKE ONE OF
THE CORE PARTS OF EXXON MOBIL'S BUSINESS, FRACKING.
OOPS.
AGAIN, HE IS ALL FOR FRACKING WHEN IT IMPACTS THE LIVES OF
OTHER PEOPLE, BUT WHEN IT IMPACTS HIS LIFE HE IS AGAINST
IT --
NOW, AFTER NEWS BROKE THAT HE HAD JOINED THIS LAWSUIT, AND IN
FACT HE EVEN ATTENDED A THREE-HOUR MEETING REGARDING
THIS ISSUE --
TOWN COUNCIL.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING THIS ISSUE, HE QUIETLY DROPPED
OUT OF THE LAWSUIT BECAUSE HE IS LIKE THE CEO OF EXXON MOBIL AND
MAYBE IT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK TO PROTEST SOMETHING HAVING TO DO
WITH FRACKING.
NOW --
OKAY, I HAVE TO CLARIFY A FEW THINGS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU KNOW THE FACTS AND THEY WANTED TO BE A FAIR STORY.
HIS
ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS WASN'T THAT IT WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE
IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, IN FACT A LAWYER IN THIS LAWSUIT
CLAIMED THAT HE WASN'T EVEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE AND
ALL OF THAT, HE WAS JUST WORRIED ABOUT IT DEVALUING HIS PROPERTY.
WHICH IS INTERESTING, BECAUSE FRACKING TAKES PLACE ALL
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHETHER OR NOT RESIDENTS ARE IN FAVOR OF
IT, AND HE DOESN'T CARE IF IT DEVALUES THEIR PROPERTY, BUT HE
CERTAINLY CARES IF IT DEVALUES HIS.
YOU ARE BEING OVERLY FAIR TO HIM, BECAUSE IN THE LAWSUIT --
YOU ARE RIGHT, HE CLAIMS I'M FINE WITH THE FRACKING PART,
IT'S JUST THAT IT WILL DEVALUE MY LAND -- WHY WOULD FRACKING
DEVALUE IT IF THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT?
AND HE DIDN'T
COMPLAIN ABOUT THE NOISE AND TRAFFIC, ETC.
BUT IN THE LAWSUIT
IT SAYS THAT FRACKING HAS ALL THESE SIDE EFFECTS, HE IS PART
OF THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT THE LAWSUIT.
SO HE WANTS TO PICK AND
CHOOSE AND SAY I'M SUING THEM ON ALL THESE GROUNDS, BUT I'M GOING
TO SAY FOR PUBLICITY REASONS THAT NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE SIDE EFFECTS, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH FRACKING
WILL RUIN MY PROPERTY.
OH, I SEE.
THAT IS NOT HYPOCRITICAL AT
ALL.
AND MOST OF THIS IS WHAT HE TALKS ABOUT HOW IT WILL AFFECT
HIS HORSES.
SO WHEN IT IS YOUR FAMILY, HE SAYS FRACK
EVERYWHERE.
WHEN IT IS HIS HORSES, HE SAYS IT WILL DISTURB
MY BELOVED HORSES.
HE'S NOT THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WHO JOINED THE
LAWSUIT, THE OTHER GUY WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THIS IS DICK
ARMEY, FORMER LEADER OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE.
WHAT A DICK.
LITERALLY.
THESE GUYS GETTING TOGETHER, THEY ARE BASICALLY
SAYING, AND I WILL GIVE YOU A QUOTE IN A SECOND -- NO, YOU
MISUNDERSTOOD US, FRACKING IS FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS TO DEAL
WITH, SOMETIMES THE POOR.
IT IS SPREAD OUT SONY DIFFERENT
PLACES, IT MAINLY AFFECTS THE MIDDLE-CLASS.
IT IS NOT FOR US
RICH PEOPLE, YOU WILL DEVALUE THE PROPERTY OUR HORSES ARE ON.
HOW DARE YOU?
AND WHEN HE WENT TO THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING,
HERE'S WHAT HE SAID.
THIS IS TILLERSON --
I CANNOT STAY IN A PLACE WHERE I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO COUNT
ON AND WHO NOT TO COUNT ON.
SO THAT IS HIM SAYING HEY, I BOUGHT THIS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
WORTH OF PROPERTY HERE, AND IF I CAN'T COUNT ON YOU
COUNCILMEMBERS, I WILL EITHER MOVE OR I WILL HAVE YOU REMOVED
BECAUSE I'M REX TILLERSON.