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To: afraidfortherepublic
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) added the language last night requiring natural gas drillers to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground as part of the hydraulic fracturing, or hydro-fracking, process. "

I don't see the problem here. Considering this stuff is poisoning water supplies and contaminating live stock, why shouldn't we know what they are doing?

9 posted on 08/03/2010 9:35:50 AM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Rahm and George at Doe's when the knife came down)
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To: Drill Thrawl; thackney
Considering this stuff is poisoning water supplies and contaminating live stock, why shouldn't we know what they are doing?

Another Freeper apparently has swallowed the left-wing Kool-Aid on fracking.

11 posted on 08/03/2010 9:43:26 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Drill Thrawl
Every hydro-fracturing operation has MSDS sheets of all the chemicals used. Just because the list of ingredients are not run in the local paper doesn't mean they are top secret.

After decades of this processes being used, it has never been proved to contaminate water supplies in the actual operation.

Yes, there has been surface spills, just like we get spills of gasoline, pesticides, fertilizers and even milk. Do we stop using all those as well?

14 posted on 08/03/2010 9:49:29 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Drill Thrawl

Brother Conservative, you forgot the first principle. If the liberals are for it, the smart one is against it, and if the liberals are against it the smart one is for it. Now, Harry Reid is trying to stop something, then you should know that you should be for it. Okay? Go read about fracking thousands of feet below the earth surface and report back to the Freepers. Bless you.


31 posted on 08/03/2010 10:11:27 AM PDT by Doulos1 (Bitter Clinger Forever)
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To: Drill Thrawl
Considering this stuff is poisoning water supplies and contaminating live stock, why shouldn't we know what they are doing?

How do you suppose these fluids (most of which is saltwater), which are injected into a strata of solid rock about 10,000 ft underground, finds its way thru two miles of impermeable rock to contaminate the water supply?

37 posted on 08/03/2010 10:26:00 AM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Drill Thrawl
>> I don't see the problem here. <<

Then look in the freaking mirror. YOU'RE part of the problem.

If you so damned concerned about the environment, sell your house, sell your car, quit your job and move into a cave.

No electricity, no hot water, no modern conveniences.

If you get hurt, don't go the hospital because they use evil electricity.

Don't buy food at the store because they use evil electricity and all that evil diesel fuel used to bring the food to the store. Grow your own food.

If you are not prepared to do that, then STFU.

39 posted on 08/03/2010 10:30:35 AM PDT by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last.....it might be.)
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