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Eenergy Independence: Frack We Must

BigGovernment.com -- As the price of oil shoots through the roof because of political instability, and the inability of the Obama Administration to say yes to Canadian oil and thousands of jobs, we have to turn to other energy sources. Fortunately, there’s a cleaner and safer opportunity in natural gas right here in the United States.

But some Chicken Littles in the environmental panic industry are preventing people from heating their homes and driving up the cost of electricity, while simultaneously denying needed jobs in the worst unemployment in decades. They claim to have found environmental damage in the process to retrieve the gas from shale deposits – called hydraulic fracturing, but the short answer is they’re wrong. The long answer is that they’re really fracking wrong: hydraulic fracturing is safer,

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Submitted Feb 04, 2012 By: angel4me

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Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,117 Points:648,920 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 1:34:28 PM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse Absolutely
SavingInNC Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,139 Points:742,855 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:05:12 PM Ignore SavingInNC Report Abuse Absolutely right!
YumaFellow Rookie Author Arizona Posts:24 Points:286,730 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 11:59:00 AM Ignore YumaFellow Report Abuse Consider the source. Garbage in, garbage out. Biased all the way.
qwerty17 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:2,047 Points:773,100 Joined:Oct 2009	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 11:41:06 AM Ignore qwerty17 Report Abuse yes we must. get the gas, do it right & keep the water clean.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:4,942 Points:392,620 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 10:25:16 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Another great post VomVom. But common sense and facts fall on deaf ears of those that have chosen to fall for the lies of the anti oil and gas press.
VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:2,454 Points:1,292,550 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 10:17:32 AM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse Come on guys, even Lisa Jackson said there was no evidence to link hydraulic fracturing to groundwater contamination. There has to be recognition and distinction between hydraulic fracturing, the process, and the results of failed regulatory oversight, which allows sub-standard, poorly engineered and poorly constructed wells to be put into service. Shale gas wells are 12,000 to 20,000 feet deep while fresh water aquifers are usually less than 500 feet deep. Last time I check, frac water and its dissolved chemicals do not flow uphill. The states and their regulators collect billions of dollars on royalties and well license fees. It is about time they start doing their job and do not allow sub-standard well to be put into service. The integrity of the wells should be confirmed and tied to the issuance of license to operate.
TruthMatters All-Star Author New Jersey Posts:928 Points:200,645 Joined:Oct 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 9:13:17 AM Ignore TruthMatters Report Abuse What's"Eenergy"?
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:5,476 Points:841,475 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 8:30:24 AM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse ConEdison the NYC electric company used to have a saying, "Dig we must" it was designed to make us feel better about all the streets that were in disrepair because of the digging.
MontanaMac Champion Author Washington Posts:1,073 Points:277,800 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 7:39:23 AM Ignore MontanaMac Report Abuse The risks of fracking need to be detailed objectively and carefully; enviros are very quick to condemn yet can't provide alternatives with energy density anywhere near oil.
the1roadhog Champion Author Atlanta Posts:8,239 Points:1,699,555 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 5:17:49 AM Ignore the1roadhog Report Abuse There's so much back and forth over the fracking issue that one wonders where the real truth is and when it will surface? We do know that there is not a bottomless supply of crude oil on this planet, at least I think we know that. If that's true, then fracking for NatGas as a viable alternative will be less about safety/environmental impact and more about pure need and survival as an industrialized people.
PhilMils Champion Author Virginia Posts:5,466 Points:1,050,540 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 5:14:20 AM Ignore PhilMils Report Abuse It is political BS, but note that it does come from a web site that is politically based. We may or may not need to frack, but the "arguments" presented have nothing to do with the issue. The author wants you to believe that by fracking in our search for oil, and gas and by drilling more, and by doing some other things, the US will gain energy independence. What those activities producing more oil/gas had led the US to doing is exporting oil and NG. It isn't an environmental issue. It is about being a true conservative and not a pawn of the oil/gas industry. A true conservative makes good use of his resources instead of squandering them.
07skydriver Champion Author Ohio Posts:1,458 Points:629,555 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 5:09:21 AM Ignore 07skydriver Report Abuse An article that has to resort to "chicken little" name calling is not credible OR relevant. Any three year old can do it. Wrap it up & take it out back 'cause it's pure garbage.
wendy1john32 Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:1,257 Points:758,445 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 3:15:54 AM Ignore wendy1john32 Report Abuse Very good article from angel4me!
Vetteblu Champion Author Denver Posts:1,647 Points:468,665 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:25:58 AM Ignore Vetteblu Report Abuse No one remembers the oil shale in the West, & their related earthquakes, amazing.
Road-Runner Champion Author Denver Posts:6,405 Points:1,774,340 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 12:00:53 AM Ignore Road-Runner Report Abuse Not at the expense of water supplies!
30mpg80 Champion Author Lexington Posts:5,712 Points:1,126,720 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 10:43:34 PM Ignore 30mpg80 Report Abuse Just an editorial by some nutcase
graceman Champion Author Baltimore Posts:3,746 Points:916,845 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 8:24:54 PM Ignore graceman Report Abuse I agree with drpepperTX.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:4,942 Points:392,620 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:57:23 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Couldn't have said it better myself! Great read.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:6,470 Points:1,185,625 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:31:37 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse I might believe more of this article if I had not read about the author afterwords. In a full page article about him, I found nothing that didn't have to do with politics. That's no good to me. It doesn't matter what party, its the fact that he is nothing more then a politician.
VomVom Champion Author Calgary Posts:2,454 Points:1,292,550 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 7:13:09 PM Ignore VomVom Report Abuse No energy independence with Obama in the WH.
gizbo123 All-Star Author Los Angeles Posts:511 Points:1,436,575 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 5:24:32 PM Ignore gizbo123 Report Abuse Why are we afraid of tree huggers? Majority of us have to obey them?, frack no.
dh0770 Champion Author Colorado Posts:1,678 Points:322,360 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 5:01:19 PM Ignore dh0770 Report Abuse The chicken littles with their heads buried in the sand will never be convinced!
coughlin Champion Author San Jose Posts:3,843 Points:855,550 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 4:38:32 PM Ignore coughlin Report Abuse They need to insure (with Insurance policies) that peoples drinking water will not be effected.
Venzadriver Champion Author Florida Posts:1,028 Points:290,150 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 4:12:28 PM Ignore Venzadriver Report Abuse Wouldn't have to worry about it if we switched to algae-based bio-fuels.
beck12j All-Star Author Dayton Posts:796 Points:234,715 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 4:05:11 PM Ignore beck12j Report Abuse no frackin way
TekWare Champion Author Toronto Posts:1,326 Points:312,180 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 3:49:34 PM Ignore TekWare Report Abuse Nothing like a biased, one-side article. You never hear from these guys when the chickens come home to roost.
Cakes77 Champion Author Harrisburg Posts:3,487 Points:1,330,305 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 3:36:21 PM Ignore Cakes77 Report Abuse But pay for the groundwater that you end up polluting.
Lugi1967 Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,117 Points:648,920 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 2:49:56 PM Ignore Lugi1967 Report Abuse Gotta do it
Yooperheart Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,375 Points:166,215 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 2:40:05 PM Ignore Yooperheart Report Abuse Frack away with a half sash - aye
LEGION57 Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,482 Points:247,525 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 4, 2012 2:37:11 PM Ignore LEGION57 Report Abuse Frackin' A! Yes YES YESSSSS