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NYC_SKP

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3. I wish people were less ignorant about energy.

Fri Jul 4, 2014, 01:41 AM

Jul 2014

As a nation, the proportion of renewable energy has been consistently rising, and our use of coal dropping.

Right now more and more of our electricity is generated by burning natural gas.

We need to do a LOT to make the change from Fossil Fuels to Renewables, but will take a long time.

All the easy stuff has been pumped out-- that's why they drill in deep water at such great risk.

With natgas, they now drill sideways into seams, drill further and more expensively, and they frack to get the most out of their $1,000,000 hole investment.

Fracking sucks. But then America is a wasteful consumer society, it's about a lot more than what Obama does.

The truth is that there probably isn't a person alive who could become president who would be able to stop fracking.

Baby steps: let's begin to require that companies divulge the admixtures used in fracking- that's probably going to have to be done state by state.

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President Obama is the Fracking-Supporter-In-Chief [View all] cali Jul 2014 OP

There's got to be a much better way to create jobs. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2014 #1

There's a lot of $$ in it. Talking percentage of world economy. delrem Jul 2014 #2

I wish people were less ignorant about energy. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #3

I wish people were less ignorant about the state of fracking in this country cali Jul 2014 #5

Fracking does no more harm than what coal mining does. I grew up in southern WV, its atrocious. phleshdef Jul 2014 #10

'no more' iamthebandfanman Jul 2014 #18

LOL. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #13

oh, yes indeed. let us all enjoy ourselves a good roffle, shall we, hmmmnn? frylock Jul 2014 #15

I never said I did. but I rely on science, scientists and environmental organizations cali Jul 2014 #21

Have you seen the film Switch? TransitJohn Jul 2014 #24

Worse, fracking is used to dispose of toxic waste. joshcryer Jul 2014 #6

That is among the reasons I wrote what I did, that we need to require disclosure. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #8

If they disclose they'd be kicked out of every community. joshcryer Jul 2014 #9

There is full disclosure of every well TransitJohn Jul 2014 #26

FracFocus....seems to say that the "Trade Secrets" applies to some of the disclosures KoKo Jul 2014 #38

My state has a pending bill NOT to require disclosure of chemicals in the Fracking process which KoKo Jul 2014 #30

They know what they're doing, how to game the system. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #36

+1 nt Bonobo Jul 2014 #12

Every well that is fracked has full disclosure at fracfocus.org TransitJohn Jul 2014 #25

Yes coal is dying.. iamthebandfanman Jul 2014 #17

It's the US energy roadmap. joshcryer Jul 2014 #4

Ukraine needs the gas. Octafish Jul 2014 #7

That Nat Gas and Shale Oil is going to be exported. Tearing up country and poisoning our KoKo Jul 2014 #23

Remember when the government actually, you know, stood up for the people? Octafish Jul 2014 #27

Bingo... It's all about the benjamins, short term profits. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #29

Revolving Door: Heather Zichal, Former Obama Energy Aide, Named to Board of Fracked Gas Exports Co. KoKo Jul 2014 #31

I guess when you push for job exporting trade deals Joe Turner Jul 2014 #11

fracking is obsolete nationalize the fed Jul 2014 #14

unfortunately theres iamthebandfanman Jul 2014 #16

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #19

We need a roadmap... ReRe Jul 2014 #20

Not the change I hoped for. Scuba Jul 2014 #22

I fear after the elections Cuomo will lift the ban on fracking here. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #28

No problem, get your town to ban it. The Appeals Court agrees that you can. Agony Jul 2014 #32

I was so glad for that ruling but there are towns that will allow fracking. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #33

Well you can at least get your town to ban it. Agony Jul 2014 #35

True. It looks like the southern Hudson counties are banning it. hrmjustin Jul 2014 #37

His advisors forgot to tell him that natgas is likely no better than coal wrt global warming.. Agony Jul 2014 #34