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In reply to the discussion: Obama loves fracking?? WTF? it's poisoning our water. we need protection from this. seriously wtf! [View all]limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)38. How? He says frack away, right?
A new poll of Ohio voters shows 72 percent think the practice should be stopped until more study of it can be done.
A new poll of Ohioans shows that more than seven in ten want the controversial practice of hydro-fracking stopped until more study of it can be done, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released this morning.
The first statewide poll on hydrofracking--the practice of pumping millions of gallons of chemical-laced water into shale deposits to crack open oil and natural gas deposits far below the earth's crust--shows Ohioans anxious about its impact on the environment. By a margin of 72-23, Ohioans say the practice should be stopped until further study.
http://www.nofrackohio.com/news/2012/1/20/new-quinnipiac-poll-ohioans-strongly-oppose-hydro-fracking-u.html
I think fracking should be stopped until it can be shown it is not poisoning our drinking water.
The president wants keep on fracking at full pace while requiring the gas companies to start disclosing their chemicals.
It the mean time if you are getting poisoned, you lose again.
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Obama loves fracking?? WTF? it's poisoning our water. we need protection from this. seriously wtf! [View all]
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
OP
Apparently you missed his entire point about regulation and protecting clean water. nt
TheWraith
Jan 2012
#3
I didn't miss his point about opening millions of acres of public lands and ocean
XemaSab
Jan 2012
#17
He put a whole helluva lot more emphasis on developing alternative/renewables.
Old and In the Way
Jan 2012
#5
oh ok, thanks for setting me straight on that. What did he say about natural gas then?
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#13
basically, the natural gas drillers are using all these toxic chemicals and it's poisoning our water
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#25
I did not hear him say that in fact he said obtaining the gas safely without harm to people or
lonestarnot
Jan 2012
#11
but it already is harming. He needs to say stop fracking until it is safe.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#14
He needs to be seen as not poisoning our water. That's just as good a political argument.
limpyhobbler
Jan 2012
#28