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To: Alighieri who wrote (616785)	6/20/2011 5:50:45 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575637

>> You don't want anyone to look into any of these complaints? >> What is your objection and on what basis? My objection and the basis thereof is that it is intuitively obvious that any seismic activity caused by fracking is insignificant and can safely be ignored. If someone wants to investigate it, go for it. But don't over-react by saying, "Oh, hell, the ground's shaking, let's shut down the fracking!" This is just nonsense. Minor seismic activity is to be expected when you're using explosives and high-pressure injection. Is it reasonable to believe it caused a 4.7 quake? No. And that 6,000 acres is ecologically devastated into perpetuity. Another ridiculous statement... A ridiculous statement how? It is, for all intents and purposes, a factual statement. If you build this solar facility in the desert, for the lifetimes of every person alive that 6,000 acres is ecologically DESTROYED. WTF? Do you not understand even the basics? >> Hey, dont' tell me about this...Alabama is strip mining country.. I can't speak to AL, but I know of a number of sites that have had heavy strip mining where nobody could point to any adverse consequence. As evidence, I would point to the communities, who LOVE it. Same is true of fracking around here. >> You need to be FAR more precise than your dumb rant...there are geographies where it's quite sensible...in AR or CA or a number of other high energy cost states, even at today's $/W... It may be a "dumb rant" but I am confident there is no place in this country where solar power makes good financial sense at this point in time. Someday, perhaps, but there is no light at the end of that tunnel as of now.

To: Alighieri who wrote (616785)	6/20/2011 6:04:46 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575637

How many acres were lost to recent wildfires in arizona? reports are they may have been started by campfires.