I have my opinion because right now I am in Alberta, Canada's oil and natural gas producer. It is Canada's "Texas".

Right now there is a ruthless drive to extract oil...and remember it is our province that has the infamous oil tar sands in Northern Alberta.

Fracking has not been proven enviromentally stable..since it does use a gas to break the ground, to bring the oil up to surface. There are concerns about contimation of water tables, fissures in others areas.
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