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bigtree

(85,975 posts)
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 03:54 PM Jun 2013

OOps?

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tweeted by, Jennifer Hatcher ?@Daroswene 28m

US states suffering a drought are facing a dire water crisis exacerbated by hydraulic #fracturing. http://fplus.me/p/1INL

Fracking ignites fights over water in drought-stricken regions — RT USA]

“We don’t want to look up 20 years from now and say, ‘Oops, we used up all our water,” said Jason Bane of the Western Resources Advocates.
http://rt.com/usa/fracking-water-fight-drought-834/

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OOps? (Original Post) bigtree Jun 2013 OP
They don't have to wait 20 years. I can tell them right now. kentuck Jun 2013 #1
Not to the greedy scumbags malaise Jun 2013 #3
Nonsense.... there's lots of water... Bigmack Jun 2013 #2
It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest. TeeYiYi Jun 2013 #5
I wish I could read an nyt headline from the year 2033 flamingdem Jun 2013 #4

kentuck

(111,052 posts)
1. They don't have to wait 20 years. I can tell them right now.
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 03:57 PM
Jun 2013

The water is more valuable than the oil..

 

Bigmack

(8,020 posts)
2. Nonsense.... there's lots of water...
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 03:58 PM
Jun 2013

... and if it does all get used up, Jeezus will give us more... or he'll end the world... or somthin'.

Besides, we can just clean up all that frackin' water... or mutate so we can handle it.. or somthin'.

Seriously... what kind of species knowingly pollutes it's own dwindling reserves of water, fercrissakes?

flamingdem

(39,308 posts)
4. I wish I could read an nyt headline from the year 2033
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 04:00 PM
Jun 2013

The word "water" might appear very often, well along with President Lopez!

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