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Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling On College Campuses
PolygamousRanchKid writes with this news from MotherJones: "Last year, when Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett suggested offsetting college tuition fees by leasing parts of state-owned college campuses to natural gas drillers, more than a few Pennsylvanians were left blinking and rubbing their eyes. But it was no idle threat: After quietly moving through the state Senate and House, this week the governor signed into law a bill that opens up 14 of the state's public universities to fracking, oil drilling, and coal mining on campus. Environmentalists and educators are concerned that fracking and other resource exploitation on campus could leave students directly exposed to harms like explosions, water contamination, and air pollution."
Wind and solar supply conventional electrical loads. A high energy density fuel is still going to be needed for long distance travel in cars, trucking, shipping, and aviation. That fuel will almost certainly be a hydrocarbon (fossil or biofuel). If you have another solution please feel free to tell the world. Otherwise stop oversimplifying energy issues as it only makes you look like a dipshit.
could leave students exposed to harm
How about WILL leave students exposed to harm? This is what things look like with right wing lunatics in control.
Everybody in America who cares about their health should make it a point to live as far away from exploitable natural resources as possible, at least until the Tea Party twerps die off or kill themselves through ignorance. In third world countries, living near resources should be a boon--a ticket out of poverty. What usually happens though is some multinational corporation comes in, aided by a corrupt government, starts shouting "Mine!" and either ignores the people there, kicks them out, or worse. Living near resources is more of a curse than a blessing, and now it's come home to the land of the (allegedly) free and the home of the "brave".
They've been making our economy resemble a third world country for over 30 years of conservative control. Might as well bring the rest of the package since at least half the population is ignorant of what's going on--and proud of it too.
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When Fascism comes to America, it will call itself Anti-Fascism, and tell you to give up your guns.