[Attention Surplus Disorder]

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You’re misreading my point. I am stating what the enviros fear, not what I project. I’m in favor of developing these resources. Once these fields are in operation, they can be cleaned up and worked pretty well. I understand that in the 80’s many of these projects were abandoned when the tax benefits were revoked. Unfortunately, some of those abandoned sites are the squeaky wheel that gets their attention.

[Repeal The 17th]

Mining of oil shales
and extracting natural gas from fractured shale
are two completely different things.