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Overseas

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19. Sounds too pretty. Boil em by fracturing rock with gallons of toxic chemicals and then pump that

Reply to pscot (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 1, 2013, 08:56 PM

Sep 2013

waste back into the ground which has been fractured and gee whiz, sometimes those toxic chemicals leak into groundwater and poison people even though the gas industry is trying to hush that little problem up and make us think poisoning a few thousand people is worth it for lovely clean natural gas.

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Why are the Tar Sands the world's dirtiest energy source? [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 OP

?! blkmusclmachine Sep 2013 #1

I don't understand your question... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #2

Because the Harper administration does not believe in climate control riverbendviewgal Sep 2013 #3

Even without the picture dipsydoodle Sep 2013 #4

Oh, ABSOLUTELY! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #5

Exactly. It's not just that the water is used. It is turned into toxic waste. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #11

They boil rocks pscot Sep 2013 #6

Sounds too pretty. Boil em by fracturing rock with gallons of toxic chemicals and then pump that Overseas Sep 2013 #19

That's fracking. Tar sand extraction is a lot worse. pscot Sep 2013 #20

THANK YOU. I just realized that I'd ranted about fracking instead of the tar sands. Overseas Sep 2013 #22

Important OP, thanks. snip* Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #7

Thank you for the link. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #9

You're very welcome. We have so many up hill battles..it is frustrating as hell. n/t Jefferson23 Sep 2013 #10

K&R - nt Ohio Joe Sep 2013 #8

And a complete waste of finite resources... Billy Love Sep 2013 #12

You got that right! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #14

Farmers needs to stop selling water to the frackers. That's the problem. Billy Love Sep 2013 #16

Wow, I didn't know that. Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #18

Stephen Harper couldn't care less about the environment. SylviaD Sep 2013 #13

I guess he hasn't realized that you can't drink money... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #15

Kick Scuba Sep 2013 #17

K&R. Tar sands should be a last resort not a quick buck venture. Overseas Sep 2013 #21

and 1 gallon of oil yields less than 1/2 a gallon of gasoline Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #23