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[Robert Hall]

I heard a while back that a side affect of fracking was earthquakes in Ohio, scary stuff...

[Blake Noble]

I have a picture of a deer that was shot near one of the fracking sites in PA that is far too graphic to post here, but it is absolutely covered with softball sized cancerous tumors.... almost to the point of being something you'd see on The Simpsons.

From Snopes:

[The] controversy prompted the circulation of the photograph displayed above, which supposedly ties the fracking activities in Dimock to the discovery of a "cancerous" deer in that area. However, the image has nothing to do with Dimock or fracking; it's an example of cutaneous fibromas (warts) that occur among white-tailed deer, a phenomenon caused by a virus.

I'm not going to post it here, but the picture in question is contained within that Snopes article. If you have a weak stomach, don't eat dinner before you view it.

Edited February 3, 2012 by black-knight

[hyperv6]

The issue with Fracking is not clear cut and dry on either side. There are many things with it that are unknown at this point. It comes down that there is a need to do work on both sides as there are safe ways to deal with this but they need to do more research into it to know their limits.

Just like driving a car. It too can be dangerous but it also can be done safely if you know what you can do and limits that you need to follow.

Right now in this area if some one sneezes some want to blaime fracking. Both sides need to work together to figure out the whole deal or both sides will lose. The paying jobs are important to this area as few major companies are willing to move in with the heavy union mind set of the workers in this area. The oil has already brought more money than they have had in the Youngstown area since steel. It is worth the effort to figure this out and make sure what works and what does not work for all. This is more than just about oil. It means a lot of jobs and security for many families too.

To make matters worse it also has become a political fight.

As for the quakes I can't say the drilling was not to blame but the fact is we have has more and more quakes in this area for a good number of years. Many even long before the drilling and fracking started, some even had some damage. Nothing like a Cali quake but pretty good for Ohio. Many of them from under Lake Erie but no one blames the deep salt mines out there under the lakes. LOL!

We had one here not long ago you could hear it coming and it sent the lights in the house swinging. Note that they are not drilling where that one happened or in my county. I thought a airplane crashed with all the nosie and shaking. Even the frige shook.

[Drew Dowdell]

Oldsmoboi, was that your faucet she was talking about or are you just saying that yours does this also?

Either way, I do have bad feelings about the long term impact fracking does to the ground and I suspect we will see in 5 to 10 years medical problems from all this. Then the gov will step in and shut it all down.

I have "city water", so this will never happen to me and I am not in a fracking area yet. I live in a "green" town that places a high priority on natural conservation and keeping waterways and aquifers as pollution free as possible. So I doubt there will ever be fracking in my town... they wouldn't even let Progressive Insurance take out a wooded area along the highway for a claims adjustment center.

The thing is, I didn't move to a "green" town intentionally. I just happened to find an amazing deal on a house (no really, I stole this place) and liked the look of the neighborhood.

All that said. I support going slower with fracking and making sure the drilling companies clean up their messes.

[67impss]

And that's not a bad approach as long as business works with the public and Government with business while Government and Industry watchdogs protect the public.

[David]

And that's not a bad approach as long as business works with the public and Government with business while Government and Industry watchdogs protect the public.

I totally agree with you on this, all for growth of business as long as they clean up after themselves and work with the community to make things safe and clean.

[67impss]

Yep WIN WIN WIN. That has worked well in the past and we need the energy ,jobs and our home Earth.