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Study Says Fracking is Safe In Theory But Often Not In Practice

Posted by samzenpus on from the are-you-sure-you're-using-that-right? dept.

First time accepted submitter chadenright writes "A university study asserts that the problems caused by the gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or 'fracking,' arise because drilling operations aren't doing it right. The process itself isn't to blame, according to the study, released today by the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin."

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  1. This story prompted me too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... start watching battlestar again.

  2. Frak! by owenferguson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn those cylons!

    1. Re:Frak! by owenferguson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "Humans are just too stupid sometimes." Indeed. That's why the frakking cylons will see us to our early graves...

    2. Re:Frak! by viperidaenz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      The Cylons are long gone... They arrived on earth 120,000 years ago.