I drank fracking fluid, says Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper

Washington Times ^ | 02/13/2013 | By Ben Wolfgang

[SeekAndFind]

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper went to unusually great lengths to learn firsthand the strides the oil and gas industry has made to minimize environmental harm from fracking.

The first-term Democrat and former Denver mayor told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he actually drank a glass of fracking fluid produced by oilfield services giant Halliburton.

The fluid is made entirely “of ingredients sourced from the food industry,” the company says, making it safe for Mr. Hickenlooper and others to imbibe.

“You can drink it. We did drink it around the table, almost rituallike, in a funny way,” he told the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. “It was a demonstration. … they’ve invested millions of dollars in what is a benign fluid in every sense.”

Sen. Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, found humor in the governor’s admission and asked if the experience was part of some bizarre occult practice.

“No, there were no religious overtures,” Mr. Hickenlooper responded.

While some laughed at the governor’s statement, he brought up the incident to make a serious point: that oil and gas companies have taken major steps forward in fracking technology.

[Red Badger]

[Lazamataz]

I drink fracking fluid. I bathe in fracking fluid. I cook with fracking fluid. I clean with fracking fluid. I pave my driveway with fracking fluid. I use fracking fluid on my cuts and bruises. I have sex, lubricating with fracking fluid. My pets are made out of fracking fluid. Fracking fluid rains on my house.

Fracking fluid.

[thackney]

CleanStim® Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid System
http://www.halliburton.com/ps/default.aspx?pageid=4184&navid=93&Subtopic=CleanStim

[Red Badger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtcXXbuR244

[CitizenUSA]

That’s fracking fantastic, Laz!

[Red Badger]

I pave my driveway with fracking fluid.?.......How is tat possible? unless you add cement with it?.......

[dirtboy]

I drank fracking fluid, says Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper

And it probably tasted better than Coors Light.

[jiggyboy]

Remember, “shaken, not stirred”.

[cuban leaf]

Sure, he says it was OK, but I wonder if he noticed it has 3% less alcohol in it since Maker’s Mark started diluting it.

[AtlasStalled]

“I drank fracking fluid”

I don’t recommend it, and perhaps should have cautioned folks not to try this at home!

[GraceG]

Maybe Chickenpooper can serve it int he bars he owns....

[bigbob]

you can be certain what the name of the hottest new cocktail is going to be...

“Frack, on the rocks”

“Frack’n water”

“Gimme a Frack and make it a double”

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Your statement implies that Coors Light actually tastes like something.

[Texan5]

And I’ll bet it was tastier than the koolaid he’s been drinking for the last four years...

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Fracking fluid is dangerous! It contains hydrogen hydroxide, which kills thousands of people every year!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“Frack me!”

[SpinnerWebb]

I hear that dihydrogen monoxide is even deadlier!

[JimRed]

That’ll get wide, prominent attention in the Obamamedia...NOT!

[slapshot]

It actually is Dihydrogen oxide. It is an industrial solvent used in nuclear power plants. It is a a very corrosive material which will dissolve iron and steel with prolonged exposure. It can cause sever burns in its gaseous state. Prolonged exposure will result in skin deformation, and excessive sweating and urination when ingested in large amounts. Breathing dihydrogenoxide can result in death