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0rganism

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10. wtf is so great about fracking?

Reply to helpisontheway (Original post)

Fri Oct 23, 2020, 02:32 PM

Oct 2020

are we so beholden to such fuels that any method of extraction is automatically beyond reproach?
do the ends justify the means so thoroughly that we must assume them to be perfect?

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Media pouncing on the fracking issue..MSNBC [View all] helpisontheway Oct 2020 OP

Well, you are, anyway greenjar_01 Oct 2020 #1

NPR, too Tree-Hugger Oct 2020 #2

Got that right! Butterflylady Oct 2020 #15

Now top story on CNN's website. Nt helpisontheway Oct 2020 #3

The CNN headline is not flattering to Trump. Eid Ma Clack Shaw Oct 2020 #7

Blah blah blah Dem2 Oct 2020 #4

Of Course They Are. They Want Their Horse Race. The_Counsel Oct 2020 #5

I tuned into StockTwits last nite after the debate to see the reaction jmbar2 Oct 2020 #6

Instead of the "fracking issue" tavernier Oct 2020 #8

Fuck fracking, the only people for it are the fossil fuel industry. pwb Oct 2020 #9

wtf is so great about fracking? 0rganism Oct 2020 #10

But wait, have we really considered clean coal? gratuitous Oct 2020 #11

They're trying to stir something up to make it more of a race captain queeg Oct 2020 #12

Biden explained it just fine.. ananda Oct 2020 #13

His overall explanation was fine Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #17

I see your point. But... ananda Oct 2020 #20

Agree, reminds me of the Hillary 'coal' moment. radius777 Oct 2020 #23

The impact of our dependence on fossil fuels is not something most voters understand. NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #14

Ask anyone if they want fracking in National Parks, and they will give the same answer Biden gave. PubliusEnigma Oct 2020 #16

Biden did not say he was against fracking but only if on federal land. JFC! triron Oct 2020 #18

lol, Chuck Todd bigtree Oct 2020 #19

If Chuck Todd's name was mentioned in the title, I wouldn't have clicked. Earthshine2 Oct 2020 #21

Attack don't defend judeling Oct 2020 #22