It was perhaps in 2006 or 2007 that I first heard the word "fracking".
I was sitting in the chair at Fetterolf's Barber Shop, getting a trim. Next to me was a Penn State geology professor, talking with animation about the Marcellus shale; how new technology was going to upend the energy industry, and (what's more) how it was going to upend the economy of rural Pennsylvania. Know what? He was right.
Hall of Mirrors
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The shock being experienced in Washington D.C. since January 20 is exposing
gaping holes in the fantasies we told ourselves were rock-solid
truths—lasting ...
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