I would be willing to bet a lot of money that neither one of these nitwits know very little about hydraulic fracturing. What they do know has been fed to them by their far left anti oil and gas environmental whacko supporters. And, you can be sure that what they have been told is all misinformation. So they are just repeating talking points, they really don't understand the process.

But HilLIARy and Bernie have to repeat the garbage because the far left is a source of large campaign donations. They only care about the money, not you and I.

And, to think some of you are going to vote for one of these fools.

Editorial Boards Lambast Sanders and Clinton for Rhetoric on Fracking
March 9, 2016

Three major editorial boards – the Financial Times, Washington Post, and the Houston Chronicle – came out this week with scathing reviews of Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton for their claims on hydraulic fracturing at Sunday night’s debate in Flint, Michigan. 

Here are some of the top quotes from each editorial:



Sanders, Clinton both wrong on fracking. Financial Times, editorial:

“Advances in hydraulic fracturing, to give the technique its proper name, sparked the US oil and gas boom of the past decade, bringing cheaper fuel, tens of thousands of well-paid jobs, and even a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions thanks to the switch from coal to gas for power generation. So it is troubling that the two contenders for the Democratic party’s nomination for president have been competing over which of them is more eager to bring fracking to an end.”

“Stopping fracking would be a great plan for rescuing Saudi Arabia. For the US, though, it would be disastrous.”

“The candidates’ comments are nevertheless concerning, because they reflect a denial of the realities of US energy production.”

“More than half of all the oil and gas extracted in the US comes from wells in shale and similar rocks, which need to be fracked to be brought into production. Banning fracking would devastate the industry, send energy prices soaring, and make the US a much larger importer of both oil and gas.”

“Neither candidate offered any worthwhile ideas about how to make good the harm that a fracking ban would do.”

“By her attack on fracking, Mrs Clinton has given encouragement to the more absolutist stance of Mr Sanders. Fracking is not a bad word, and politicians should not try to make it one.”
 


Democrats’ fractured reasoning on fracking. Washington Post, editorial:

“Mr. Sanders’s position would be more understandable if he had the better point on the policy. But, as is often the case, his statements were more firmly grounded in ideology than reality.”

“It’s important to understand the environmental value of burning carefully fracked natural gas instead of coal […] There are also serious ambient air pollution benefits, including a reduction in harmful ozone, mercury and particulate pollution. Burning natural gas does not produce nasty coal ash.”

“As The Post’s Fact Checker put it, “Sanders is apparently not talking to the scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency. A draft assessment by the EPA released in 2015 said it found no evidence of ‘widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water resources in the United States.’”

“As is also often the case, Mr. Sanders’s position is utterly unrealistic.”

 

Spewing hot air about fracking. Houston Chronicle, editorial:

“Sanders even took aim at the Democratic governors who have argued that fracking can be done safely and helps the local economy. You would think that a self-proclaimed socialist would praise the well-paying, working-class jobs that grow in the shale fields across our nation, or recognize how a 60 percent drop in natural gas prices has helped working families afford electricity and heating. Instead he's treating fracking as nothing more than a wedge issue. For a man who isn't establishment, Sanders sure is acting like a politician.”

“This transition to cleaner energy has happened not because of mandates or subsidies. It happened because fracking for natural gas is more efficient and affordable than mining for coal.”