Not really. I'm only truly convinced that there's a lot of new data coming in literally as we speak and that data is largely pushed to the side in order to maintain progress. That's what really bugs me. Maybe there truly isn't anything wrong with fracking. I doubt it but its possible. But there's a lot of questions and these questions are almost always dealt with after the fact.
Other than that, though, we actually pretty much agree. It's certainly true that people can trample each other in the wake of a technological breakthrough, and it's important to stop that from happening. It'll inevitably happen anytime we do anything worthwhile, but when it does we have to try to make it right. The only discrepancy is whether or not we think of these as examples of things to fix and be aware of, or reasons to discredit the entire process.
Why? I'm just asking a question. Why is it so hard for you to answer a simple question? I'm not sure what you think I'm trying to trap you into.
And I assume the question was at least a little rhetorical, yeah?
Well, sure. So, can I ask you something? I can't find any yet. Do you know if there's any or going to be any data on just how many of these are hoaxes? I've been in your DEP website and haven't found much yet but I'll keep looking. I haven't figured out how to look up how many folks across the US have filed claims with the EPA or what have you, but it would be interesting to find out if any or all or some or even none of them come to anything. I only ask you this because you are right in the middle of it and I wanted to know if there's any research like this being done in the area.
But yeah, the main thing is the transference of basic drilling or constructions errors onto the term "fracking." It's obviously terrible if someone lays cement badly or there's an explosion at a site, but it does happen, and it happens no matter what kind of extraction you're doing. Mistakes happen all the time, but when people become aware of a new process there's an information vacuum, so problems get a lot of attention, even if in the broad scheme of things they represent an ordinary amount of human error.