A new Department of Energy study finds, to no surprise from those who know anything about the process, that hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” does not generate pathways to ground water supplies.

Those individuals who hate fossil fuels and want to stop all shale drilling because of their irrational beliefs are, to be kind, logic-challenged. Witness their claim/belief that fracking fluid (99.5% water and sand, 0.5% chemicals) pumped a mile or more below the surface will magically travel up to the surface and contaminate groundwater supplies.

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