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I've seen plenty of articles about the potential negative impacts of fracking, but does anyone have a well-written piece on domestic fracking's upsides? Cheap g
by e0m 10y ago
I've seen plenty of articles about the potential negative impacts of fracking, but does anyone have a well-written piece on domestic fracking's upsides? Cheap gas as economic stimulus and a lessening dependence on foreign oil seem like they hold some sway on the issue.
- mturmon 10y agoPerhaps check out: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/21/fury-over-fracking/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/21/fury-over-frackin... (Don't let the title get in your way.)
- JBReefer 10y agohttp://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/03/economic-benefits-of-fracking http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2015/03/e... is a good start, but the biggest benefits come from being less reliant on petrostates like Saudi Arabia, Venezula and Russia, as well as causing economic pressure which reduces fundamentalism in the bellicose petrostates.
- r00fus 10y agoInstead, it will create the petrostates in our own country. We still have to buy the end result from energy companies one way or another. The only ones who profit from fracking directly are the energy companies who sell into the commoditized market.