Fracking explosion blown you up? Have a free pizza. But Special Combo only

If a fracking well near you exploded in flames, killed one person and went on burning for five days, you might feel some compensation was due. Residents of Greene County in Pennsylvania certainly did.

Chevron Appalachia, owners and operators of the well, wrote a letter to each of the hundred upset residents who had been affected, enclosing a gift certificate redeemable at Bobtown Pizza for a ‘Special Combo Only’. Its cash value was twelve dollars – the cheapest thing in the house.

Some enquiries were made in response to this, but Chevron demonstrated unflappable blandness, saying they wanted to ‘support Bobtown Pizza, a local business that has been providing meals to our first responders and workers at the well site.’

Kinda neat, huh? Can’t be too careful about new neighbours, specially if they start digging.