Fracking Company Etiquette: Sorry Edition

Now, I'm not going to go into one of my greenie-meanie enviro-rants about how bad fracking is, and how unconcerned about polluting and generally wrecking the communities in which they drill these energy companies can be, but just think for a moment about what a company might want to say when there has been a fracking well explosion that has left one rig worker missing (presumed dead) and a fire that raged for several days.

"Have a pizza on us" is not one of the answers.

"Free pizza" is how you cheer up the local junior softball team when the big game has been rained out. It's not really how you tell a community "Sorry about the tragedy."


I'm sure they meant well.