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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fracking. Are you for it or against it? [View all]Alex4Martinez
(2,198 posts)1. Against. Also against coal mining (but not expecting it to end immediately)
I'm sure I'll disagree with the language of the platform, but I'm also aware that a sudden total end to fracking isn't practical to anyone who understands what it is and how it works.
What is feasible, but would face opposition, maybe years in court, would be orders requiring disclosure of chemicals used. We could ban fracking on public lands in short order, maybe tie it to disclosure, but ending it outright overnight can't be done.
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Against. Also against coal mining (but not expecting it to end immediately)
Alex4Martinez
Jun 2016
#1
Most is for Export--Scheduled to be shipped off-shore via 10 LNG terminals on both coasts.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#15
Links... One of the reasons why the Panama Canal was widened, not just for superships, for US Export
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#30
Dang! Another Panama Canal article. This one ties US exports to the increased production from shale.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2016
#31
with the kind of govt direction of a WWII type energy transformation advocated by Bernie ...
cloudythescribbler
Jun 2016
#3
that 20 years has been too slow -- we need a RAPID WWII type transformation
cloudythescribbler
Jun 2016
#10
how much can be accomplished in 'a few years' is indeed a technical question ...
cloudythescribbler
Jun 2016
#21
these exemptions (like those of Price/Anderson for nuclear) are obscene
cloudythescribbler
Jun 2016
#11
What should a President do if the GOP agreed to fund alternative energy if fracking could continue?
randome
Jun 2016
#14
+1. Unfortunately, such reasoned answers aren't acceptable nowadays. Question to me --Is natural gas
Hoyt
Jun 2016
#32