IMO this is one of those things that shot out of the gate so fast that the regulations haven't been able to keep pace.
I'm all for cheap fossil fuels. who doesn't like a bit of relief at the pump after $4-5/gallon gas. Dropping 60 bucks to fill sucks. And I can't say that seeing the Saudis and their ilk take a solid kick to the nuts isn't more than a little satisfying.
What I'm not in favor of is cheap gas at any cost, regardless of risk or consequence.
When you can light the tap water in a community on fire something is wrong.
As with a lot of things (Big Pharma I'm looking at you) I think these people know how to get a result, in this case pulling fossil fuels out, but don't have the first damn clue about what the consequences really are and, truth be told, couldn't give a shit.
My suspicion is that the the oil and gas folks are pumping more money than than gas into DC to keep the regulatory dogs at bay for as long as possible.
My guess is that you're a douche bag who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. The "tap water on fire" thing was proven to be a hoax.
Your guess is flat wrong fuck face.
I develop sensing technologies for, among other things, the oil and gas industries. In other words douchenozzle I know exactly what I'm talking about in terms of these sorts of technologies/regulations for this being behind the curve.
ETA: and BTW, I was clear in that I am not against fracking. I'm only againt allowing greed to push things too fast to the point where we really do not not know what the impacts of our actions will be, as happens whenever there is all that lovely money to be had.
We already know. The issue has been investigated ad nauseum and litigated. If you knew your ass from a hole in the ground you would at least know that, but you don't.
Sure, your internet google skills are clearly greater than decades of actual first hand work.
Of course it's been litigated. And of course big oil has plenty of money to do so, and influence lawmakers, something else I also mentioned already. So did big tobacco, the automakers and big pharma today.
Quite simply you know nothing of the technologies, nothing of the dangers and are too fucking stupid to for two seconds listen to anyone that gores your sacred cow with a simple message of caution in the face of large corporate greed running out in front of reasonable measures. If you can't process that simple message your head is so far up your ass that not even I could find it.