Here's an interesting article from Real Clear Politics citing some thought-provoking stats regarding untapped domestic energy resources. Things to consider:
- implications for alternative energy development
- implications for economic growth (and by extension poverty-reduction) at home
I think the article does a great job of illustrating the fact that there's no such thing as a free lunch. If you want more environmental quality, you're probably going to sacrifice something else. What if that something else is significant poverty reduction or world peace?
Back story reading:
The Solyndra controversy
Hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking)
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Wow. I still can't believe how Chesapeake energy and those other Fracking companies can be so two faced to the public saying how hydraulic fracking isn't at ALL bad for the environment, even with the evidence produced in Gasland (2010). Burning water isn't normal guys...And the fact that they're too lazy to make anything other than open holes in the ground, when these companies are paying top dollar (like 15,000 and up per acre!) for land leases...at least build steel enclosures for waste water - geez. I'm going to be so mad if fracking passes in our state. There are other ways of getting energy, not just poisoning our drinking wells. Solar energy, wind energy(NC is #1 in east coast!!), and others exist here! Come on!!
Let's keep it objective please.
I read the article that was embedded in the link and it pretty much said nothing besides "America has vast resources available that are not being tapped." Nowhere did the article say a single thing about hydro fracking, maybe it was supposed to be implied. This is a very one sided look that contains no real information in it.Without looking at who the article was written by you can tell that it is someone who is working for some dirty energy company.
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