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   tranquil-d said, 2 months ago

   i suppose if your car runs on natural gas this might happen.
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   NebulousRikulau said, 2 months ago

   Of course, the price of drinkable water in those areas might go the other way.

   Sure, Fracking MIGHT be able to be done in a way that doesn’t contaminate groundwater, but when the Gas Companies say “Don’t worry about it,” I worry about it.
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   Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

   @NebulousRikulau

   Just like you worry about the global warming scam. What’s the next lie-beral scam that will make you pound your head against the wall?
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   wmconelly said, 2 months ago

   Cars start running on natural gas and I’ll buy this… long as fracking the tank full doesn’t mean poisoning the ground water.
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   Harleyquinn said, 2 months ago

   But but it is on a world scale blah blah I don’t know what I am talking about lib.
   Let me nip this one. Yes it is traded on a world scale. The more out there will do more then two things but here is the big ones. oil is traded in the USA $. By putting more into the system our self will get us lower prices by simply supply and demand. Lower prices by having more GDP to export that will help back Obama’s devalued $. Obama is printing $ and soon pop will go the bubble if we have nothing to back it up. Oil can back it up.
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   Bruce4671 said, 2 months ago

   @wmconelly

   You can convert YOUR car today. But the infrastructure is geared to gasoline for your car so you must make special arrangements to keep your tanks full.
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   motivemagus said, 2 months ago

   Wow, has Breen even LOOKED at the real price we pay for fracking? Evidently not.
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago

   @Ms. Ima

   Why do you think the fracking companies fought so hard to make sure they didn’t have to tell anyone what was in their fracking fluid? So when it shows up in your groundwater they can say “That isn’t from us.” Yeah, any corporation saying “Trust us,” is lying and you should be very, very scared. It is not a liberal lie, it is purely a common sense conclusion from years, YEARS of experience with corporate greed, lies and their misdeeds.
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   TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago

   @Harleyquinn

   I see you don’t have a clue about how world commodities markets work. If we pump more into the world market then yes theoretically the price will fall, but not in the US alone. We can pump 100% of our usage into the market but it will not affect only the US market. Supply and demand have little to do with the cost of gasoline, gasoline is priced at what the oil industry wants it at, this has been discussed here before. Clearly it did nto agree with your predetermined narrative so you ignored the discussion.
   

   
   And as for President Obama printing money, once again you are demonstrating an ignorance of how things work. The President does NOT print money. The President may request more money to be infused into the economy, but he can not make the final decision. So in reality, not in the bizarro-harley-world, President Obama does NOT print money.
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    jinrock said, 2 months ago

    Some large truck makers are in the process of switching to natural gas for their engines now and Flying J truck stops are going to supply the fuel coast to coast.
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    MortyForTyrant said, 2 months ago

    If the stuff they pump down is so harmless, why don’t they tell you what’s in it, exactly. Every time someone withholds information from you you are being gamed…
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    spyderred said, 2 months ago

    If you know this you know more than the rest of the world, Mr. Breen.
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    olfart said, 2 months ago

    I have worked with trucks and equipment powered by LPN. I will never, NEVER trust my families well-being to such a vehicle. Do as you wish, and I will wave at you as you wait for the tow truck. LPN is an excellent heating fuel, but it is not a viable fuel for internal combustion engines.
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    Chillbilly said, 2 months ago

    The cost of energy to consumers isn’t going to go below what the energy companies think they can get for it. Believing otherwise shows a complete lack of understanding and failure to learn from the past.
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    Jim Guess said, 2 months ago

    Interesting comments … some are also clueless.
    1) Ground water is collected from wells FAR less than 1000 feet deep.
    2) Fracking is done at 5000 feet and a lot deeper.
    3) Are you saying that the fracking process ‘contamination’ will penetrate 4000 feet of rock?
    4) Do you even have a CLUE as to how thick 4000 feet of rock is?

    Therefore, anyone that says the ground water will be ‘contaminated’ by the natural gas we get from fracking wells, is a ‘special kind of stupid.’
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