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   old1953 said, 2 months ago

   Why should they be? There’s no scientific evidence (ya ya, I know about Greenpeace and ELF and WWF claims, and I consider them making a claim as a good reason for disbelief on the face of it) that fracking causes any problems in deep formations, only in shallow ones. Fracking is putting pressure on rocks to crack them, by filling the interstices of the rock with noncompressible fluid and then adding pressure. We don’t have the power to crack 7 or 8 miles of rock. We do have the power to crack two or three. Fracking in areas where the formation is less than 30,000 feet down is not a good idea at all. Shallow fracking is a bad idea, it will contaminate ground water, and it will do so often. Deep fracking will not. Therefore, why should Dems oppose all forms of fracking?
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   Radish said, 2 months ago

   Tea pubs are not at all opposed to giving billionaires tax breaks.
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   Michael wme said, 2 months ago

   @old1953

   Shallow fracking is MUCH more profitable, so your opposition to shallow fracking is an unAmerican attack on our basic freedoms.

   
   And no one except trash drinks tap water. Every decent, hard-working American drinks only bottled water imported from regions with nothing worth fracking.
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   AussieDownUnder said, 2 months ago

   Fracking hell!
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   Respectful Troll said, 2 months ago

   Fracking would be much less disturbing if the companies doing it were willing to show America what they are pumping into the earth in their efforts to extract the gas.
   When water suddenly become flammable within a few weeks of fracking occurs, for the company to say it’s a natural event is disingenuous.
   When areas where fracking is being done start experiencing new or increased levels of seismic activity, people have a right – and perhaps a duty – to be concerned.
   Natural gas, oil, and coal are all finite. Oil rigs go silent, coal mines close, and areas being fracked will also close. What will be left behind?
   We became a great nation through education and innovation and invention. Our education system has dropped in world standards, and patent law and corporate copyright protections prevent innovators and inventors from developing competing industries.
   We must change patent and copyright law and we need to invest in renewable energy sources.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   jack75287 said, 2 months ago

   @Radish

   Better than giving billions to the Government.
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   Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

   The further left the more liberal.
   Let’s all do the O dance. That’s where your bank account is emptied.
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   olfart said, 2 months ago

   @ jack75287
   Why is one thief better than another?
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   ARodney said, 2 months ago

   Paul Ryan’s budget would increase my taxes vastly, once he tells us how he’s going to cut tax rates for the rich by one third and still increase revenues. That difference has to come from the poor and the middle class. Or maybe he can’t do math. Hmm. Which is it?
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    Chillbilly said, 2 months ago

    I own property on the Marcellus Shale with well water. Before I can even begin to consider supporting fracking I need to know what chemicals are going to be used. “Trade secrets” doesn’t fly with New Yorkers even with the governor in the pocket of the fracking companies.
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    Zipi said, 2 months ago

    @Radish

    The current tax levels were set by OBAMA (for you uneducated liberals – he’s a Democrat).
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    Zipi said, 2 months ago

    @ARodney

    You’re a tax loving liberal, you should be happy!
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    ossiningaling said, 2 months ago

    Well this is awkward. Going after an oil company’s deductions on her day off.
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    jack75287 said, 2 months ago

    @olfart

    I did not call either a thief, I am saying giving tax breaks is a better use of funds then to tax and spend.
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    I Play One On TV said, 2 months ago

    @jack75287

    “I did not call either a thief, I am saying giving tax breaks is a better use of funds then to tax and spend.”

    Not that this has anything to do with today’s cartoon, but are you willing to allow that tax and spend is better than borrow and spend?
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