Written by CFACT Over the past several months people have asked
CFACT a number of questions about energy and the
environment.They have replied to them, and then decided to
compile their questions and answers below that present these
science-based issues in brief, understandable, lay terms.
America needs to pursue all its energy options. Oil, gas, coal,
nuclear, hydroelectric, geothermal, wind, solar and biofuels
should all be pursued – under free market conditions, without
crony capitalist subsidies. We should open onshore and offshore
lands to leasing, exploration, drilling, production, timber
harvesting and mining – under rules that control bad and
negligent behavior, ensure that jobs are done carefully and
responsibly, and let private sector find best ways to create
jobs, produce energy, etc. and generate revenue. Fracking has
unlocked centuries of oil and gas – via private investment and
private technology on private lands. We cannot allow EPA and
other agencies to block fracking on public lands or impose