Fracking involves injecting pressurized water combined with sand
and small amounts of chemicals to crack open shale rocks so that
they will release trapped natural gas. Generally, the shale rocks
are thousands of feet below the aquifers from which people draw
drinking water. No doubt to the dismay of activists, President
Barack Obama appears to endorse the process. "Sometimes there are
disputes about natural gas," he said at his
climate change speech last week at Georgetown, "but let me say
this: We should strengthen our position as the top natural gas
producer because, in the medium term at least, it not only can
provide safe, cheap power, but it can also help reduce our carbon
emissions."
The president gets it, but a lot of activists don't. To help bring them around, I thought I'd take a look at some of the misleading claims made by opponents of fracking. Fortunately I just got a fundraising letter from fine folks at foodandwaterwatch (FWW) urging me to sign and send in a petition to the president to ban fracking. The letter is a nice compendium of anti-fracking scaremongering.
Falsehood 1: You can light your tap water on fire.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/05/the-top-5-lies-about-fracking
The president gets it, but a lot of activists don't. To help bring them around, I thought I'd take a look at some of the misleading claims made by opponents of fracking. Fortunately I just got a fundraising letter from fine folks at foodandwaterwatch (FWW) urging me to sign and send in a petition to the president to ban fracking. The letter is a nice compendium of anti-fracking scaremongering.
Falsehood 1: You can light your tap water on fire.
http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/05/the-top-5-lies-about-fracking
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