Before anyone starts pontificating about " clean energy this and energy independence ,that....I have seen this up close and personal and it is
not clean and the tactics these drillers are using are straight from the thug handbook.
Side note: the " drill cuttings referenced in the quote are highly radioactive
Operations can go on around the clock, with constant noise, light and air pollution. A cornerstone of the industrialization that comes with fracking is all the truck traffic -- hundreds of trucks a day travel on country roads never built for large trucks or the amount of wear and tear. Accidents are common. Wade took this photo after two dump trucks crashed, one of which was carrying drill cuttings:
http://www.alternet.org/environment/you-have-see-it-believe-it-what-its-have-fracking-your-backyard?page=0%2C2
