Fracking...a funny word, a serious debate.
I was reading an article about fracking the other day and it really raised my hackles. Yes, I understand if we want to be more independent while still consuming the same amount of energy we need to look to other sources of energy besides oil BUT natural gas is not the solution! Sure it creates jobs, but only temporarily so you will have a quick boom and then back to a bust...not a long-term solution. Some argue it is just the bridge between oil and renewable energies...screw a bridge! Lets not waste time and money on a bridge when we should just walk straight into the renewables garden.
So, whats so bad about fracking? Lets see...it uses millions of gallons of water and thousands of toxic and radioactive chemicals (we don't even know which ones because the companies do not have to disclose what they use), it leaves the land devastated, it has potential to leak chemicals into our drinking water, it tears apart small towns with its noise, smell and land usage devaluing the land surrounding it and it causes earthquakes!
Do we really want all this just for a few years or decades worth of energy? It doesn't solve our long-term energy crisis and the only ones seeing a substantial sum of the profits will be the energy companies. East coasters, let your voice be heard! Call or write to your representatives and say no!
Don't know what the hell fracking is?? Here's the full article that started this rant: http://www.emagazine.com/magazine/fracked-to-pieces
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