Frackonomics: Debunking the Financial Myths of Fracking

Frackonomics: Debunking the Financial Myths of Fracking by Robin Madel, June 12, 2012, Huffington Post
Appleton says fracking in New York should be opposed for several reasons: There is no way we can avoid the environmental consequences. Appleton argues that even if strong regulations were enacted, based on his experience, between a lack of adequate staffing and a likely unwillingness to enforce regulations on a resistant industry, there’s no way to do gas fracking “right”–to responsibly manage the process and engineering. It would be too enormously expensive. … “Gas fracking relies on the public picking up costs that the industry can’t afford to pay,”

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