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Environment & Energy

demoncrat

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9. Fracking has been going on for over 50 years

Reply to Champion Jack (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2014, 10:13 AM

Apr 2014

and very few water wells have been ruined. The big culprit is the injection wells that gets rid of the frac water and production water.
Using fracking technology has has ended the dependency on foreign oil. The oil companies should be liable for the harm they do but it ain't going to stop.

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A big win for the people vs the Frackers [View all] Champion Jack Apr 2014 OP

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No precedent mybuddy Apr 2014 #12

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