Fracking Technology Has Been Used Safely for Years  Advances
mean even more energy without a significant threat to
groundwater  Reader Comments  Back to argument  Here is a test
for the Frackers: If fracking is so safe, drink the water.  I
will support fracking in about 50 years when it really is safer.
When we have transitioned to solar, wind and tidal power. When
we have reversed the rise of greenhouse gases enough. Methane is
cleaner than coal or oil but it is still a fossil fuel. Abundant
natural gas will slow the transition to sustainable fuels.
Based on BP off the coast of the US Southeast, Chevron in South
America, Exxon Mobil in NIgeria, and Fukishima in Japan, do we
really want to risk the food and water supply in PA, NJ and NY?
If you think natural gas is precious, think about water for
crops, for livestock, for the population of the Northeast. Let
the frackers live where they frack, drink the water, eat the
crops and livestock. Be the guinea pigs you are asking others to
be.  Art Vatsky of NJ 10:3