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Nye Bevan

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7. Yes and yes to your first two questions.

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 01:42 PM

Nov 2012

A discussion of the environmental issues is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_hydraulic_fracturing
Obviously we need to be very careful to monitor and control this activity so that it does not cause pollution or contamination.

And anything which makes us less beholden to the crazies in the Middle East is a positive in my book.

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"In the US, shale gas didn't exist in 2004. Now it represents 30% of the market." [View all] Nye Bevan Nov 2012 OP

It didn't exist because it wasn't profitable until 2004. Arctic Dave Nov 2012 #1

It's also destroying the rural areas where they are extracting it Champion Jack Nov 2012 #2

I live in one of those areas and so far I have seen none of this doc03 Nov 2012 #4

i wonder how long it takes to totally damage the water table? bettyellen Nov 2012 #6

Building a windmill on a mountaintop causes more damage to the surface doc03 Nov 2012 #8

Im not worried about windmills, but am about public health disasters. I know there's a lot of bettyellen Nov 2012 #11

Sure, ignoring the compressor stations and gathering lines necessary to get the gas into the Agony Nov 2012 #12

And these rural areas destroyed the wildnerness that was there before. Kaleva Nov 2012 #9

Does this mean US is positioned to become one of the world's biggest energy producers cilla4progress Nov 2012 #3

Yes and yes to your first two questions. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #7

And at what cost? MadHound Nov 2012 #5

Stupid fucking article completely ignores all the CO2 and Methane that will enter the atmosphere Agony Nov 2012 #10