Gov Wolf proposes to eliminate gas tax

[Deminpenn]

9. Agree with your assessment of how the future of fossil fuels will play out

We actually have a huge Shell ethane cracker plant rounding the bend to completion and we also get some impact fee money from the fracking that goes on in the rural parts of Beaver county. The state spent so much money and tax breaks/incentives for Shell to build a plant here. The construction has been a boon, but most of that workforce will leave once the plant is complete. The initial promise was for 600 permanent jobs and now down to 500. If the local nuclear power plant closes, which seems probable in the near future, then net jobs will be about 0. The money could have been so much more wisely spent on renewable energy and a big recycling operation, but people here just can't come to grips with the idea that neither coal nor the mills are coming back.