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"There are always two sides to everything. Often there are more than two. Where I come from (eastern Delaware County), gas drilling doesn't make real economic sense. The dairy farms are almost all gone and everything is already very subdivided…"

"Dear Anthony,That's quite a mouthful of information.When you say Pine Energy is an "advocate group", you mean like those guys who package deals and then pitch them to G/Cs at places like NAPE in Houston?And when you say your guy from…"

"Dear Anthony, "They are interested in central NY,all of it!" Well, Tompkins County for sure. Towns like Caroline were among the very first. My understanding is that something like 75-80% of Caroline is already leased, and has been…"

"Just because I said it's possible the DEC may issue some permits in 2012 doesn't mean you'll ever see a dime.It doesn't matter what my position on drilling is, it's a question of economic realities. Sorry, but from a…"

"TRY COAL IN YOUR ENGINE? You mean millions of cars/trucks are going to suddenly be converted to run on natural gas in another few years? With natural gas pumps being added to gas stations all over the country? And that's going to make…"

"Now that Patterson has mandated another public comment period in June, that will generate thousands of responses the DEC will then have to consider - so there won't be any permits issued until 2012 at the earliest, when the EPA weighs in with…"

"Tom: "any comparison of gas drilling in the Marcellus to problems with off-shore drilling in the Gulf is a real stretch." If you think it's a stretch, then you're missing my point, or pretending to miss it. My point…"

"Tom: “fracking actually takes place a mile and one half deep, and there's no way that polluted water can make it through a mile or so of solid rock to the surface.” Only it’s not solid. It’s full of fissures, and upward…"

"rfs - I don't need to try again. All I have to do is turn on my TV and watch, like the report that ABC National News did a couple of nights ago -- it's posted at http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=10905550 If you think ABC NEWS…"

"STILL - drinking water has been contaminated. And people ARE getting sick. And no amount of "debunking" is going to change that."