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Jackpine Radical

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23. The problem with frackng isn't just the gallons "used."

Reply to Link Speed (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 15, 2013, 01:43 PM

Aug 2013

It's the contamination of entire aquifers with the "trade secret" noxious chemicals they push into the ground.

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Texas town runs out of water after using it for fracking [View all] Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 OP

Inevitable, gleeful posts from DU Texas-haters in 3...2...1... (nt) Paladin Aug 2013 #1

They should be careful. Climate change drought will be the new normal across the entire West Coast. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #2

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As expected. So tedious. cordelia Aug 2013 #15

Oh, come on matt819 Aug 2013 #32

Gleeful post from me iamthebandfanman Aug 2013 #37

You grabbed the #1 response to say that? Are you trying to turn this thread into a flame war? nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #61

Water is becoming the new oil. Brigid Aug 2013 #4

One resource that will outweigh Iliyah Aug 2013 #5

Remember ENRON? . . . aggiesal Aug 2013 #25

There is some info on Enron's interests and actions in the article linked to at the bottom of my OP Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #29

What about desalination? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #26

Got to have salt water to desalinate. Javaman Aug 2013 #39

Nestle sued tiny village after tiny village in Maine magical thyme Aug 2013 #36

Fla. Gov Jeb Bush GAVE Nestle the right to suck up Fla.'s aquifer, for pennies. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #53

1/3 of Texas' water goes on fucking lawns Link Speed Aug 2013 #6

I lived in Texas for years. Mariana Aug 2013 #13

also golf courses. Javaman Aug 2013 #40

Not just Texas. GoCubsGo Aug 2013 #20

The problem with frackng isn't just the gallons "used." Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #23

Bingo. That's the issue. laundry_queen Aug 2013 #51

The other 2/3rds goes into beer. Texas RULES !!!! nt clarice Aug 2013 #33

st. augustine grass is a blight. Javaman Aug 2013 #41

In U.S., golf courses use 4 BILLION gallons of H2O DAILY! Divernan Aug 2013 #44

Statewide, fracking uses 1%; in some communities it's 25% and rising. Divernan Aug 2013 #48

Whether it's fracking or climate change... thesquanderer Aug 2013 #7

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2013 #8

Fracking is only "logical" if you life in the "bottom line" and don't care about the (near) future. drynberg Aug 2013 #18

You can't fix stupid. And you can't fix greedy, wither. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #9

Want to see a corporatist salivate? Just say "water privatization." Auggie Aug 2013 #10

+++++++++++++ theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #22

"I just dunno. It was there one day and gone the next. I don't fracking know what happened?" Baitball Blogger Aug 2013 #11

Water wars here we come! blackspade Aug 2013 #14

it's already happening, just not a whole lot of shooting yet... Javaman Aug 2013 #42

Regulations? SCVDem Aug 2013 #16

Tax cuts alone are not enough. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #24

But we ARE superior. nt clarice Aug 2013 #34

You forgot something! SCVDem Aug 2013 #54

Jawdropping. Thanks for posting. Bkmrkd. snagglepuss Aug 2013 #17

�Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned.... CarrieLynne Aug 2013 #19

Absolutely. Perfect quote. The First Nations consider water to be sacred, Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #30

+1 nt laundry_queen Aug 2013 #52

In all fairness, though, you can't eat trees either jberryhill Aug 2013 #59

whiff truebluegreen Aug 2013 #62

They should try what they did before Kelselsius Aug 2013 #21

Lol Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #27

Great example of wasting our necessary resources. liberal N proud Aug 2013 #28

This is 1 of the most important issues of our time!! I remember this thread... hue Aug 2013 #31

+1 Auggie Aug 2013 #35

Nestle is running wells dry in Michigan as well. louis-t Aug 2013 #38

This should be a NATIONAL EMERGENCY They_Live Aug 2013 #43

Texas would rather shoot an enviromentalist SCVDem Aug 2013 #45

While I'm very much against fracking Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #46

Annual H2O use for fracking is 100% consumptive Divernan Aug 2013 #47

Checked reports canonfodder Aug 2013 #49

This is what happens when resource management.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #50

Drought, lack of xeriscaping, Ilsa Aug 2013 #55

Well if my geography serves.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #57

There was an article about three years ago Ilsa Aug 2013 #60

Frack baby frack malaise Aug 2013 #56

They should move to Alaska like me. bravenak Aug 2013 #58