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RoccoR5955

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21. The question is who funded this "science."
Thu Dec 6, 2012, 08:34 PM
Dec 2012

As someone who has studied geology for some 40+ years in an amateur realm, after studying geology for 3 years in college, I cannot agree that fracking is a safe process.
I may not have any peer reviewed studies, but I do know that when you drill down a mile and a half, there is no way to know what faults there are in the upper formations, where gas and fracking fluids could migrate, and eventually contaminate the ground water.

On the other hand, there are studies that were done many years ago, where it was found that injecting water (fluid) into a well, lubricated faults, causing earthquakes. How is this safe?

Peer reviewed science can be biased, depending on who funds the study, and who funds the peers.

Luddites. n/t Indydem Dec 2012 #1
Fucking excuse me? Earth_First Dec 2012 #4
"Potential" is code for "alarmist bullshit" Indydem Dec 2012 #9
lol Hydra Dec 2012 #11
There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE that fracking fluids have EVER contaminated drinking water. Indydem Dec 2012 #24
Link it... Earth_First Dec 2012 #26
Nothing? Earth_First Dec 2012 #31
I believe that drinking fracking fluids can give you memory loss ... Nihil Dec 2012 #34
Wait! I hear something... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #35
Of course, being human, I clicked it. Rather like this one: freshwest Dec 2012 #44
Good one... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #46
You sound like Tom Ridge in his interview with Colbert.. Indi Guy Dec 2012 #40
"natural chemicals" that the industry won't reveal? Apparently, you work for the industry wordpix Dec 2012 #50
The question is who funded this "science." RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #21
The "science" behind hydraulic fracturing at The University of Buffalo Earth_First Dec 2012 #25
there's plenty of peer reviewed science on this and safe process? You gotta be kidding wordpix Dec 2012 #49
Is global warming also "alarmist bullshit"? NickB79 Dec 2012 #52
A flaming tap and a glass full of toxic water, and you might rethink that comment. NEOBuckeye Dec 2012 #6
The EPA and science say otherwise. Indydem Dec 2012 #8
Right. Because the EPA has never been wrong about anything. Chef Eric Dec 2012 #10
My gut says that what comes out of your faucet shouldn't... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #18
Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #20
There are perfectly normal and natural methane pockets that end up in aquifers. Indydem Dec 2012 #23
EPA recinds offer to deliver water to residents in Pennsylvania town Earth_First Dec 2012 #27
Do wells that never before contained methane... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #33
this guy from the film Gasland did not have his water ignite until fracking came to his 'hood wordpix Dec 2012 #47
Man. You're waaaayyyyy off base. loudsue Dec 2012 #28
You bet. From GD - "Bayou Frack-Out: The Massive Oil and Gas Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of"... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #36
Please take the right wing bullshit elsewhere Hugabear Dec 2012 #29
The Luddites warned that factories would screw up families Berlum Dec 2012 #39
+++1 patrice Dec 2012 #53
Bullshit. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #59
You know what? Rex Dec 2012 #61
FUDite! n/t hootinholler Dec 2012 #63
Awww, my brain feels sad for you. nt Javaman Dec 2012 #70
Thanks so much for posting this marions ghost Dec 2012 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author littlemissmartypants Dec 2012 #3
finally. nt limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #5
K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2012 #7
DU has had many threads on fracking. The process is not new, but is a major polluter, IMO. freshwest Dec 2012 #12
Obviously Luddites... Earth_First Dec 2012 #13
Sound like good Democrats to me. When I was in the Young Democrats in college, we helped to organize freshwest Dec 2012 #15
Oh, Im with you! Earth_First Dec 2012 #16
note Indydem does not appear as we head down thread and provided no links to wordpix Dec 2012 #51
I don't usually bother with people who are dismissive, call names and give no facts. freshwest Dec 2012 #56
Thanks for posting the list... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #41
I doubt it has, or will prove them wrong. Did you note the Calvin & Hobbes pic? That's what this is. freshwest Dec 2012 #42
I did see the cartoon & you make excellent points... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #43
He doesn't need to convince you. Economics has convinced him. I'm not apologizing, just explaining freshwest Dec 2012 #48
I didn't mean to... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #55
Looks good, I hope a LOT of people see this. And RFK, Jr. has my utmost respect on all issues. freshwest Dec 2012 #57
Impressive RFK JR. info... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #58
Many major reputations and credibility at stake there, not hit and run like some. nt patrice Dec 2012 #54
About Time. How Many Dead Animals Does It Take? Scabby57 Dec 2012 #14
I am not going to support a total ban on this method....... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #17
Let me suggest to you that the industry does not act with such caution, so why must people? NEOBuckeye Dec 2012 #19
I suggest you see the movie "Gasland"... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #68
We have to remember one thing: RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #22
Unfortunately the term "conservation" is foreign to today's "conservative" lexicon... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #71
What's weird about it is RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #75
Big fossil energy - the most notorious polluters of all time... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #77
Absolutely. +1000000 n/t Jamastiene Dec 2012 #78
National Nurses United is in the coalition riverwalker Dec 2012 #30
... cntrfthrs Dec 2012 #32
Thanks for sharing! octoberlib Dec 2012 #37
Excellent - The Earth Rapists need to cease their predation Berlum Dec 2012 #38
Too much damage has already been done by this practice. Ash_F Dec 2012 #45
These fuckers are poisoning western North Dakota! Odin2005 Dec 2012 #60
If fracking is so bad, why does President Obama support it? Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #62
Same reason he supports tar sands oil and arctic oil drilling. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #64
Where in your the excerpt is there found any legally binding language... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #66
Duke study finds “systematic evidence for methane contamination of drinking water associated with sh limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #65
I hope that it will gain momentum! WildCoyote Dec 2012 #67
Welcome to DU WildCoyote... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #69
I'm no expert but... bamacrat Dec 2012 #72
Have you seen... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #73
Yeah, and that's what freaked me out about it, and why I asked him. bamacrat Dec 2012 #74
The documentary... Indi Guy Dec 2012 #76
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