The Florida fracking debate in that state’s legislature has been one unending demonstration of the truth in that Gumpian adage; “stupid is as stupid does.”

Sometimes, I wonder that when people reach such a high level of achievement in politics, they seem to lose all their common sense and appear to become more stupid. This has been very apparent since our current Florida legislators have been in session, and they now want to approach the fracking ban issue, most of which they know nothing about.

State Senator Dana Young R-Tampa used a sample of eroded limestone known as “karst” to illustrate to the Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee members why a ban was necessary. She said the method was “incompatible with the geology of our state.”

Well, for the record karst is actually the landscape of areas over which limestone and dolomite are the existing geology, but has nothing to do with the state of the geology 1-3 miles below the surface where all the frac jobs are performed. Nevertheless, it is the pitch that counts.

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http://naturalgasnow.org/florida-fracking-debate-stupid-stupid/