The Truth About Fracking

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Is fracking polluting our drinking water? The debate has become harsh, and scientists are speaking out.

Anthony Ingraffea, an engineering professor at Cornell University and an expert on the controversial technique to drill natural gas, has had much to say, especially since he attended a March meeting in Arlington, Va., hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. There he met scientists from top gas and drilling companies: Devon Energy​, Chesapeake, Halliburton. All had assembled to help the agency determine whether fracking, accused of infusing toxic chemicals and gas into drinking-water supplies in various states, is guilty as charged. The answer lies at the center of escalating controversy in New York State, Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado, as well as Australia, France and Canada.

• If fracking is defined as a single fracture of deep shale, that action might be benign. When multiple “fracks” are done in multiple, adjacent wells, however, the risk for contaminating drinking water may rise. If fracking is defined as the entire industrial operation, including drilling and the storage of wastewater, contamination has already been found.
• Advanced tests, such as putting tracer chemicals down a well to see if they reappear in drinking water, could ultimately prove whether fracking is safe or not.
• Some regulators are not waiting for better science; they are moving toward allowing fracking on an even wider scale.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-truth-about-fracking

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What do you know about the truth?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

What do you know about the truth?

I'm not a scientist.

And that's the truth.

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I'm not a scientist.

And that's the truth.

You can't be sure because the true self is unknowable.

[luckytxn 2,264]

This may help calm the troubled mind. There are other sites and I would google it and read. Even the Federal agency that oversees this area of drilling conceded that frackng was safe IF DONE RIGHT.

Here is one link: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/top-10-myths-about-natural-gas-drilling-6386593#fbIndex1

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Even the Federal agency that oversees this area of drilling conceded that frackng was safe IF DONE RIGHT.

You trust and promote the government when it suits you. What a happy little alternative reality you must live in.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Frack You!

[luckytxn 2,264]

You trust and promote the government when it suits you. What a happy little alternative reality you must live in.

I use it because I know how much you love them. Figured it would calm your troubled mind.

Frack You!

Frack it indeed.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I use it because I know how much you love them. Figured it would calm your troubled mind.

Socialized sympathizer. I sense the conflict within.