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Fracking: The Unexpected Issue That Could Determine the 2020 Election | WSJ

by Wall Street Journal

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Published 4 Nov 2020

In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, the debate over fracking signaled the potentially decisive role Pennsylvania voters on both sides of the issue could play on Election Day. Photo: Bloomberg News More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM #WSJ #Election2020 #Fracking

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@yutian58844 years ago Fracking is going to slowly die regardless of who get elected. It's too expensive to drill and maintain compared to traditional wells and with the trend of declining oil and gas prices due to covid most companies will not survive with the global energy market shifting into renewables. ... 47
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@Test-fq5cm4 years ago At I almost thought Mark Zuckerberg was talking lol 34
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@focusezz69474 years ago I feel like America is actually two countries -one trying to move forward in the 21st century and the other trying hard to stay in the 20th century. 80
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@prithibeekhan96744 years ago that is a good analysis. as a political science graduate, i was also doing some backgrnd checks and figured out this crucial factor. 4
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@janea58984 years ago Because creating green energy jobs is just beyond your comprehension Pennsylvania give me a break 48
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@jurgenjurgen40524 years ago Fracking only gives you access to gas for 3 to 5 years and then leaves poisoned Land behind, not really worth it 🤷🏻‍♂️ 9
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@palmshoot4 years ago I didn't even realize Pittsburgh was a tech hub. 1
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@Superman378914 years ago Why am I getting this notification after 5 days? 1
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@nessfinesse5754 years ago Whats the point of having work in the fracking industry if your water supply is polluted and the environment around you getting destroyed. 2
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@Sholomo4 years ago does someone burp at ?
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@aryankushwaha19644 years ago fracking is most expensive way to produce 3
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@Superman378914 years ago As a professional v1rgin, I say fracking (as in fr1ck frack1ng) is illegal. 😂😂😂😂😂
I personally don’t take it seriously enough to try and change, but hopefully that joke makes your day.
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@the_big_iron8004 years ago It’s not a matter of politics fracking will die soon because companies and high profile investors will move to more profitable energy industries. I mean this is American, it’s always been financial if you look close enough 2
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@crashweaverda4 years ago It's all about job's. No work equals plenty of time to protest and riots. With current oil prices fracking has pretty much stopped. 2
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@johnsamuel19994 years ago oil and gas jobs in drilling , refining , storing and transporting are often concentrated in certain areas . so let’s say for example there are 50000 jobs (this is just an imaginary number )provided by the oil and gas industry in pennsylvania , the green industry might only provide 15000 jobs . This is because the entire us market will depend on oil from these particular regions ( so basically the entire production in oil producing states , so a lot of jobs are made ).
But green jobs( like , solar panel installation)will occur through the usa . So nationwide the total number of jobs will be similar, but locally the numbers will be uneven . As a result certain communities will be more dependent on oil jobs. Oil and gas jobs also pay very well . We didn’t know for sure wether this will be true foe green jobs .Also a lot of green jobs will be produced in more sunny or windy areas , and in areas with high electricity costs .
we must understand the difficulties faced by the pennsylvania communities with empathy ...
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@manavmishra90714 years ago Creating jobs for everyone is most important part of the economy. 6
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@rowanwood53974 years ago fracking is economically unviable when oil prices dip below $50 per barrel. the big oil producing countries do not want fracking. they do not want more competition. doesn't matter if biden or trump like fracking or not. for many fracking companies, it is not profitable when oil falls below $50. fracking is bad for the environment. people who work in fracking should find a job that does not harm humanity. ... 10
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@tudormuntean32994 years ago Can someone help me : What is fracking? 7
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@patientzero2914 years ago Oil, coal, and natural gas will never go away, because it's tangible and easy to use for whatever the situation unlike solar and wind energy 9
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@HICET-STUDENTIT-ty3td4 years ago Joe Biden - 238 Trump - 213
Leading leading
Michigan -16 Pennsylvania-20
Neavada-6 North Carolina-16
Wisconsin-10 Georgia-16
Total -270 Total-265
Winner - Joe Biden ... 4
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@shivendrapatel1134 years ago USA and UK people
Produced maximum no plastic waste, and they concern with environmental issues.
Dod they have special department/branch in university to teach how to be hypocrites.
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@bjmurphy344 years ago Their concern for jobs is absolutely reasonable. That's why he plans to let the fossil fuel industry remain as it stands today, but meanwhile, the United States must pursue renewable energy solutions. Otherwise, we will be left behind as other countries progress. ...
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@Alex-uc8qc4 years ago Like = Voted For Trump
Dislike = Voted For Biden 1
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@ariels85384 years ago It sounds to me that a better solution to the issue is to add tax to tech companies and increase welfare safe net & help people in fracking industry to find new jobs through training. Trump anyway is not helping the people there we need a make or break type of innovation plus sound welfare guarantee program. ...
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@paulrobinson58334 years ago Fracking needs to stop. It's bad for environment. Trump shut up.
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@aatt32094 years ago We need Biden to move America forward, not staying stagnant or backwards. I feel that we already lost 4 years not performing R&D in science & engineering under trump. We have a lot of new technologies to catch up with the rest of the world - renewable energy is one, for example. ...
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@auro19864 years ago wsj, tell them to extract fuel gas from atmosphere 3
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@casualtake14974 years ago the same people that want to ban fracking, has way more electricity consumption than oil workers lool, good luck with no fracking 2
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@dmytrocrawford78604 years ago I’m sorry. But business is about Product Market Fit. If there’s no market, then why are you crying about your failing industry... you president is not gonna save your business if it has no place in society. Anyways, good luck everyone. ... 2
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@hoponasu24714 years ago stupid report - every in industry knows and the reason why its in bankcrupcy no is that oil has to be 60 or above for it to be profitable ! 1
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@muralimalyala55054 years ago When jobs can not be created then the alternative is to move towards a higher tax regime and universal basic income. 10
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@tcttct-zp9lg4 years ago Joe, prepare winter coat, I believe it's cold in jail......hehe
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@tchaffman4 years ago As always, UBI is the answer.
Yang 2024 1
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@lucky1time8114 years ago Someone give me a specific reason fracking is bad, other than “it’s bad for the environment”. Your own trash you throw into a garbage bin that is literally buried in the earth does much more harm than fracking.
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@Kangroo114 years ago the world we knew in 2019 is gone , how far US will go to bring it back from the chinese . that is the main question .
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@WESTsChannel4 years ago I can't understand the logic behind that big-tech programmer
so he is a high-incomer programmer, and ignore the fact that there are so many fracking workers out there
But you know what, 'ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT'
He know his action that give Biden a vote means that there will be no fracking jobs anymore
and he is still doing it, how pathetic it is
half of the voters 'AMERICANS', is totally lack of empathy on those workers because of the political ideology ...