by: Diane Benjamin
The following has come to my attention:
*This Friday, August 31, 6:30 PM- 8:30: Showing of the Movie “Gasland”
Cost: Free
A brief planning meeting will follow the showing
One BIG problem: This movie is full of lies!
This site debunks numerous sections of the movie with facts and more links
http://www.energyindepth.org/debunking-gasland/
This site also debunks the movie point by point with even more links:
http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/gasland-debunked
The New York Times even issued a similar article:
Then there is this short video:
Obama’s Science Advisor agrees with experts: Fracking has never contaminated drinking water
Even MSNBC takes the filmmaker John Fox to task:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37560195/#42382593
The reason this movie was made is in the MSNBC clip: Some people in this country want to end fossil fuels. They DO NOT want us to use our natural resources. We supposedly can run everything on wind and solar energy, or import fossil fuels from other countries.
This film is being shown in Bloomington because the Mclean County Land Use Committee is meeting on September 6th to discuss special use permit rules to make fracking easier in the county. It is obviously an attempt to stop the discussion by stirring citizens up with fraudulently data.
*Thursday, September 6, 4:45 PM Land Use Committee Meeting
*IPA will attend wearing “No fracking” stickers
Meet at 4:30 in the County Board Meeting RoomPlease RSVP: (309) 827-9627
This information needs to be given to Holy Trinity and the McLean County Land Use Committee if you are tired of being held hostage to environmentalists.
The organizer’s phone number has been listed twice. Maybe whoever it is doesn’t know the facts. Maybe they do. Now you do too.
Yes, there is a very nice video on youtube that shows numerous experts, including Obama’s science advisors, testifying that fracking has never been shown to be anything but safe.
Industrialized hemp would solve our fossil fuel dependence immediately. Bio-degradable, it’s also stronger than concrete or steel. The good thing is that anybody can grow it which is the bad thing to the oil and global elite.
I’d think twice before believing a shadowy PR website created by oil and gas industry. Gaslands director Josh Fox responds to their arguments in the following document. http://1trickpony.cachefly.net/gas/pdf/Affirming_Gasland_Sept_2010.pdf
I wouldn’t believe it if there was only one source calling the movie fraud. There are many, including left leaning organizations.