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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/12/co-republican-fracking-is-okay-its-natural-for-water-to-burn-indians-used-it-for-warmth/CO Republican: Fracking is okay, its natural for water to burn. Indians used it for warmth.
By David Ferguson
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 11:55 EDT
A Colorado Republican state senator justified the practice of hydraulic fracturing commonly known as fracking by saying that the presence of burnable amounts of methane gas in drinking water is a perfectly natural phenomenon. In fact, he said, the Indians used it for warmth in the wintertime many years ago.
According to Right Wing Watch, state Sen. Randy Baumgardner (R) was speaking to former Navy chaplain turned conservative activist Gordon Dr. Chaps Klingenschmitt at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver.
Klingenschmitt recorded the interview for his daily Pray in Jesus Name show. He asked the Republican what he thought of the government trying to pick and choose and prioritize some forms of energy over others.
Ive been doing a lot of the fracking seminars, said Baumgardner, and if people havent been, then they really dont understand it.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)mine operations in the other drought plagued, fracked-up states.
Of course wells run dry, the water table drops 40/50 feet, surface floods increase and the wildfires rage but the gas stocks rise! oh and the Colorado runs dry too.
Historic NY
(37,878 posts)Gman
(24,780 posts)He'd probably drink it then say he's ok.
locks
(2,012 posts)the town trustees unanimously approved 13 more new oil and gas wells close to two densely populated subdivisions. Some wells will be as close as 700 feet from homes and schools and new homes may be built even closer to the Encana oil sites. Most Erie residents have fought this decision for two years and have packed the hearings. One small decision about the 55,000 wells we already have in Colorado shows the power of big oil and gas in our beautiful state and how our elected representatives are not listening to the people of Colorado.
politicat
(9,810 posts)I'm just across the county line. If those wells are on the south end, Lafayette needs to get off the couch and go sue.
(We can't stop them if they're doing it on the Broomfield or Firestone or Dacono side, but if I recall correctly, cities can sue for neighboring nuisances. That was one of the things that lead to Broomfield becoming a county.)
Sorry, I've been out of town. The Encana Oil and Gas sites in Erie, north of Vista Ridge and west of Vista Point. The Daily Camera's coverage of the long fight against fracking and the Trustees' decision has been good. Many people went to the meeting and spoke against the wells but they are really frustrated.
Sadly, the elected reps like Polis, Hickenlooper, and Udall are trying to walk the fence as most are backed by big oil and gas. The TV ads have been ridiculous and the Denver Post mostly prints op-eds from gas people about how stupid the anti-fracking people are. Boulder County is home to some of the most educated people in the nation and most of them have done their homework and don't want wells near our schools and homes.