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slash UK slash AI for people. It is one of the greatest innovations of the last 50 years. It has

saved consumers billions of dollars,

prevented untold tons of carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere,

and almost single-handedly rescued an economy that was in the middle of a severe downturn.

You've probably heard of this innovation, not as a source of pride, but as an object of scorn. I'm talking about

fracking, the process of extracting oil and natural gas from fine cracks in shale rock. So what gives?

Why has something that has done so much good been so unappreciated, even vilified?

The answer, of course, is that the opponents of fracking,

environmentalists and their political and media allies,

say that the negatives of fracking outweigh its positives.

What are those negatives?

Detractors have a long list,

contributing to global warming, putting local drinking water at risk,

and even causing earthquakes are high

among their complaints. Those are pretty serious charges, but are they valid? Before I answer that

question, let's cover a little history. Fracking, whatever your current impression of it,

is a great American success story. Before the 21st century, fracking as we know it now,

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