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starroute

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14. Pennsylvania also has way too many aging, unsafe bridges

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 03:58 PM

Oct 2014

So there's plenty of blame to go around. But it's also true that fracking tends to put extra wear-and-tear on local infrastructure. Even without this one idiot driver, it's likely to break stuff over time.

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Fracking water tanker wrecks historic Pennsylvania bridge [View all] KamaAina Oct 2014 OP

I'm sure the frackers will raise their hands and say, "Not my problem," when valerief Oct 2014 #1

Just another "externality" after all arcane1 Oct 2014 #11

Yep, more corporate socialism. nt valerief Oct 2014 #12

Holy Shit! rgbecker Oct 2014 #2

We don't have an extraction fee as far as I know tech3149 Oct 2014 #9

I hope he get a fist full of tickets... Historic NY Oct 2014 #3

Oh they're sorry! Hubert Flottz Oct 2014 #4

The driver of the truck is an idiot. What he was hauling is irrelevant. badtoworse Oct 2014 #5

So true but using fracking is more exciting yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #7

True! In_The_Wind Oct 2014 #8

What he was hauling certainly is relevant. blue neen Oct 2014 #10

If the water was going to the site, it hadn't been used yet, so it should be clean. badtoworse Oct 2014 #13

Less to do with fracking... bobclark86 Oct 2014 #6

Pennsylvania also has way too many aging, unsafe bridges starroute Oct 2014 #14