Aren't there only like 26,000 jobs in Pennsylvania's oil and gas industries? Just doesn't seem like a lot compared to other way bigger industries in that state (like healthcare).
This article has some links in it, and keep in mind things like the price of natgas, has a major impact on many other industries. Including for instance, for over 2 years now, the USA is the cheapest place on earth to do Injection-molding again.
So if the price of natgas goes up, to pre-fracking levels; it cascades into a whole lot of costs, industries, and jobs; and the cost-of-living for things like utility bills and commuting costs.
Aren't there only like 26,000 jobs in Pennsylvania's oil and gas industries? Just doesn't seem like a lot compared to other way bigger industries in that state (like healthcare).
Source: https://www.usawage.com/popular/jobs-state-pennsylvania.php
There's the direct jobs (like drilling the wellhead), and the indirect jobs. All told, it's hundreds of thousands of jobs in PA.
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2020/08/bidens-plan-would-hurt-oil-and-gas-jobs-in-pennsylvania-opinion.html
This article has some links in it, and keep in mind things like the price of natgas, has a major impact on many other industries. Including for instance, for over 2 years now, the USA is the cheapest place on earth to do Injection-molding again.
So if the price of natgas goes up, to pre-fracking levels; it cascades into a whole lot of costs, industries, and jobs; and the cost-of-living for things like utility bills and commuting costs.