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Environment & Energy

dixiegrrrrl

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1. I do not understand fracking except as a source of a quick buck.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Nov 1, 2013, 10:08 AM

Nov 2013

It takes more energy to get the stuff out of the ground, transport it around than the amount of energy you get,
but destroys the environment in the process.

God, we are the cancer of the planet.

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I do not understand fracking except as a source of a quick buck. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #1

And in that statement, you show you understand the entire concept of it. Nihil Nov 2013 #3

Our hope lies with the civilizations we displaced ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #2