Clean Up This Fracking Mess!

May 18, 2012

Well, well, well, now that's a deep subject...especially if you are talking about the use of hydraulic fracturing to create natural gas wells.

There's a lot of frack and forth in the debate about drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing. Some Americans shake in fear of earthquakes and polluted ground water potentially caused by hydrolic fracturing, or fracking. Others believe natural gas can provide a less-polluting alternative to other fossil fuels like oil and coal.

Geologists on both sides of the fracking rift say the other side has feet of clay and lacks rock hard data. Mountains of controversy uplift as the tectonic forces of industry, environmentalism, science and social justice collide.

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