The Curmudgeon

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Sunday, October 06, 2013

Why Can't They Just Shale-Frack Like Responsible People?

A British company has started aerial surveys over Africa's oldest national park, the Virunga, with a view to increasing yet further our wherewithal to accelerate climate change. Soco International has said that its actions are governed and monitored by the environment ministry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is no doubt a byword for environmental rigour. Soco's competitor, Total, agreed to respect the park's integrity, for which it will presumably be punished by its shareholders given that this act of fiscal irresponsibility has simply left its rival squatting on the prize. The Virunga has been invaded by poachers, refugees and militias during the Congo civil war and the Rwandan catastrophe; but according to the World Wildlife Fund's regional manager for East Africa there have recently been reports of rebels and poachers giving up their vocation and making money by posing as tour guides. Since Soco International has shown itself slightly less responsible than certain members of the militia in one of the world's least happy regions, the greenest government ever has done a bit of urging.

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