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Is hydraulic fracturing the answer especially when you take in consideration the environmental impact it is having?

Hydraulic fracturing is polluting the underground water which comes up through the cracks caused by the fracturing of the rock & ends up in our water ways. I think we have enough pollutants to deal with above & below the ground now!!

Topics: Environmental degradation hydraulic fracturing
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    Lawren Jones 10+

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    Jan 16 2013: There is no scientific evidence that hydraulic fracturing causes pollution to the environment.
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      Kevin Morrison

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      Jan 16 2013: Before you make that your final stance Lawren you should look to the people that live in the areas where this is happening. I would love to fill you a glass of water from one of the wells and see if you would drink it. I assure you the smell is so bad that even the cattle that the farmers have will not drink it.

      Speaking of cattle in the long run we are all going to know how bad it is because many farmers and ranchers cannot afford to import water for their animals and these very beasts are going to be on your dinner table in the near future.

      bon appetit...
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        Krisztián Pintér 200+

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        Jan 17 2013: you should also look at people who live anywhere, and ask them if they have ever seen space bent. see? theory of relativity debunked.

        scientific method ignores the opinion and personal experience of people. we need evidence.
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          Kevin Morrison

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          Jan 17 2013: You find anyone that understands what your point is and then we can ask them. The evidence is there all you have to do is go looking for it. Far be it for me to set here and try and educate those with closed minds. No you do not need evidence because you are already convinced and it would do no good!
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          Mathew Naismith 10+

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          Jan 17 2013: G'day Krisztian

          Do you want evidence you can see, touch, smell & taste or do you want falsified written evidence because any document & research can be falsified especially through big money but it’s awfully hard to falsify evidence that our own five senses detect which is very obvious in the vid’s I’ve watched.

          Love
          Mathew

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          Jan 18 2013: Unfortunately, the evidence can come too late.

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