honda0105

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Tallahassee
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Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 7:50:27 AM
leemun: you won't find fracking near large population centers. So what's your point about those ppl being ecofreaks? They are simply living there and not knowing better, allowed for drilling on their land.
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honda0105

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Tallahassee
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Message Posted: Sep 5, 2010 7:48:47 AM
runout9: hope you take a nap for good.
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must87searcher

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Maryland
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 11:16:17 PM
Incidents will occure.
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bluesadvisor01

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Miami
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:26:13 PM
What else is new? Gotta follow that protocol and no short cuts.
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Ken2OD

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Grand Rapids
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:25:21 PM
Uncle Curt always finds and posts the most fracking weirdest stories.
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leemun

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Utah
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:15:39 PM
Population 165. Eeeeeeeeek-o-Freeeeeeeks! Stop that fracking gas production now!!!
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MINER

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Pittsburgh
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:15:12 PM
Will the drilling companys pay to resolve these problems.??? I've seen a couple times on TV where the guy sets the water coming from his kitchen sink spout on fire...
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aldog365

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Nashville
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:14:10 PM
Somebody is not doing there homework.This should not happen.
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njerald

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Seattle
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:07:23 PM
Another one sided Liberal story.....
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JoseM

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San Bernardino
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:05:25 PM
Not a good situation.
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ScottTee

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Detroit
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:03:50 PM
It looks like this fracking process should be slowed down & perhaps not used at all
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faulkc05

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Atlanta
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:03:15 PM
Wow!
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30mpg80

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Lexington
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 10:02:12 PM
rx7racerca: Exactly, well said.
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DarthDadJr

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Virginia
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:59:53 PM
Fracking needs to be better researched as to its affects...the "proprietary" mix that is injected needs to be given the government for testing.
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misterray

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Oregon
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:56:04 PM
And we need no regulations?
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Doosie

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Anchorage
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:53:41 PM
in the words of Gomer Pyle: "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!"
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Hugo40

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Kentucky
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:48:19 PM
Lots of chemicals were used in the fracking of oil wells.
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knot2swift

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Calgary
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:45:10 PM
Sounds "fracking" bad. Why can't they do this with just sand and water?
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runout9

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New Jersey
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:44:48 PM
gas vs. natural gas. gasoline vs. hygrade. pump price vs health problems. I think I need a nap.
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Body53

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Missouri
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:41:33 PM
Bad bad bad
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Buck_on_Bass

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Tennessee
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:41:00 PM
The question is whether or not the methane get into the well because of the fracking or would the methane have gotten into the wells regardless?
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rx7racerca

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Calgary
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:37:25 PM
Driver169 wrote: "UncleCurt: Tell me how this has anything to do with gas prices - or, anything to do with gasoline, PERIOD?"
Uh, pretty straightforward there, more and more oil and gas are being extracted with hydro-fracking - because the easy oil has already been extracted. Fracking gets more oil out of fields that had already petered out, or that with traditional drilling didn't produce enough to be worthwhile in the first place. But the environmental impacts are also being debated - which affect the possible future risks and costs and therefore oil and gas prices. Fracking adds production costs, but gets us oil and gas we wouldn't otherwise have - and without which, we'd see even higher prices.
Or, you could just skip articles that don't fit your narrow definition of appropriate topics, rather than waste time complaining about them.
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jjjleblanc

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Rochester
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:35:28 PM
In the news alot lately.
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TXGasPriceSpy

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Fort Worth
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:26:48 PM
Not a good situation.
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mfeldstein

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Ottawa
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:23:07 PM
If fracking pollutes, stop the fracking. Does anyone follow this logic? We are being led by some very dumb people.
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driver169

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New York
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:22:44 PM
UncleCurt: Tell me how this has anything to do with gas prices - or, anything to do with gasoline, PERIOD?
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djtdi

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San Jose
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:22:43 PM
Messing with Mother Nature is harmful. Oil barons get their profits, folks like us suffer the consequences!
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eddmac

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Washington
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:22:38 PM
What the frack,:^)
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WIPACKERFAN

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Chicago
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:17:09 PM
The poor residents are always the people to pay the price.
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ssect8

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Hartford
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:11:50 PM
So what else is new, have the residents move, like they did at Love Canal.
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hibsaw

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Mississippi
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:05:03 PM
That will make gas prices skyrocket.
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bell05

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Atlanta
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 9:00:40 PM
icmfal, you are so funny.
Ha ha
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swrestler

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Grand Rapids
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:52:31 PM
Doesn't sound good to me....
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rx7racerca

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Calgary
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:52:04 PM
As far as all the comments knocking "government scientists" - are you people seriously suggesting that scientists paid by the oil industry to produce clean bills of health on oil company activity are more trustworthy?!? At least the scientists commissioned by the government to conduct studies are a little less clearly self-interested in finding a particular result. Sort of like letting the oil industry (effectively) largely self-regulate itself in the Gulf didn't work out so well.
I've heard of similar complaints regarding well fracking in areas of Alberta here also - but then, there are parts of the province where the well water is naturally contaminated with hydrogen sulfide and hydrocarbons. I tend to suspect that people who live in areas where fracking is being used may be right that the practice is increasing contamination of drinking water. But fracking is widely used, yet the complaints aren't so much, so probably there is some factor that accounts for why it causes problems some but not all cases.
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icmfal

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Raleigh
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:48:09 PM
We have to have that Natural Gas. We cannot go to renewable energy as we do not want to spend that much money. Besides, it is only contaminated water. what is the big deal? If they do not want to get sick, then don't drink the water!!!! And if they do not like the smell, then move. Drilling for gas and oil are more important than people's health!!
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Chris46

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Dayton
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:40:17 PM
Lets just all kill ourselves Fracking!
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Insuremn

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Twin Cities
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:38:45 PM
The residents of Pavillion need Jan Schlichtmann.
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rx7racerca

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Calgary
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:35:54 PM
Milespergallon wrote: Simple solution, switch vehicle propulsion to HYDROGEN!!!!
Simple? So every vehicle will have an engine that instead of costing a few thousand dollars to make, costs $50,000+ (before putting a vehicle around it). Simple? Hydrogen is MADE from hydrocarbons - so fracking and other extraction techniques would still be used to produce the source stocks to produce hydrogen. Which also means similar carbon footprint as well, just won't be at the tailpipe, it would be at refineries.
Simple? Hydrogen has low energy density, yet is highly explosive. It has to be stored under extremely high pressures, unlike petroleum or natural gas. Unlike petroleum and natural gas, it weakens metals. All of which means hydrogen transportation and storage in the sort of quantities to replace existing energy distribution infrastructure is orders of magnitude more expensive and difficult than petroleum or natural gas.
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Beboper

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Virginia
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:28:08 PM
so what are they doing about it nothing
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computernut2008

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Ohio
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:28:07 PM
Why would I believe a Gov scientist?
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NorthglennBill

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Denver
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:21:12 PM
Private wells in Colorado have had many of the same problems. Water that will ignite right out of the faucet. Nobody will take responsibility for it.
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coughlin

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San Jose
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:17:35 PM
Fracking is bad, bad news. It contaminates ground water.
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Radon

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Hartford
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:17:35 PM
doesn't sound good
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OKRifle

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Oklahoma City
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:10:50 PM
"Government scientists" are suspect any way! There work and report for Hussein Obama!
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04tang

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Ohio
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:10:11 PM
get this FRACKING article out of here.
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snell snail

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Atlanta
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:06:02 PM
...greed creates pollution....
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janctx

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Lubbock
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:03:23 PM
is this for gas prices?
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302mustang

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Akron
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:00:44 PM
This article has nothing to do with gasoline prices.
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SilliesRock

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Detroit
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 7:54:21 PM
Here in Harper Woods, the judge, police force, and the whole city government is fracked up! THIS is a "fracking zone"! Frack them all!
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milespergallon

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Illinois
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 7:43:09 PM
Simple solution, switch vehicle propulsion to HYDROGEN!!!!
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