david-sarkies Well, I finally got around to watching the film, though it hadn't been one of those films that had really been on my radar all that much, at least until I read about it in Naomi' Klien's book 'This Changes Everything'. I guess the main reason that spurred me on to watching this film was when Klein talks about the scene where people set their faucets on fire and I have to admit that was something that I really wanted to see (and it's pretty disturbing when you actually see them do this).I remember when fracking became all the rage back in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis. Basically the price of oil had gone through the roof and all of a suddenly there was this rush to look for alternate means of generating energy. While renewables were on the cards, when the extractive industry developed a new way of getting gas out of the ground, all of the sudden the idea of using the sun and the wind to generate our energy literally went out the window. Obviously this has now had an opposite effect resulting in the price of crude going through the floor since the world is now awash in natural gas.Industry promotes gas as a new, cleaner fuel that doesn't produce the carbon that petroleum does, however what Fox sets out to do in this film is to demonstrate that while the use of gas may be a lot cleaner than petroleum, the means of getting it out of the ground, and to process it, isn't. In fact what he pushes throughout the film is how one of the nasty byproducts of this process is that the water supplies are poisoned, and people who live near fracking wells are no longer able to drink the ground water.The thing with shale gas is that there are huge reservoirs located under the United States, which means that by extracting this energy source means that they no longer have to rely upon foreign sources of oil, much of which is located in some of the most unstable regions in the world. However Fox argues that the catch is that the process to extract the gas is far from being clean, and much of the byproduct is not only kept hidden from the world, but there is little to no regulation forcing the companies to dispose of the waste in a clean manner. In fact the residents who do complain about the toxic waste are either thrown up against an army of lawyers, or are paid to remain silent about the whole process.Certainly a confronting movie, though I probably should get around to watching Fracknation just to see what the opposing view is.

CorumJI The mindless zombies supporting this twaddle are going to tell you everyone who debunks this crap is in the pay of someone with an interest in promoting fracking. They SAY you should just research for yourself, but they will then TELL you that anyone who calls them "fools" is just lying. Ask yourself a simple question: Are there not jobs to be had working for environmental organizations? Is there not a tremendous amount of money in the Green Lobby, as well? So don't buy their garbage that they are any more honorable and forthright than their opposition. They have money and jobs on the line, too. They have an AGENDA, just as much as the oil companies.And DO do your own research. Here's one from a site the anti-frackers deprecate as "in the pay of the oil companies"... http://energyindepth.org/Texas/flaming-water-nobody-acknowledge/Pictures -- yes, PICTURES from BEFORE any of the fracking was started showing that the groundwater there was ALREADY highly flammable... exactly as has been claimed by the companies under attack.

roadhouse63 I worked on the Marcellus Shale and can honestly say that the documentary is incredibly accurate. It's too bad that he doesn't cover the incidents such as the truck drivers who died from errant sparks from flashlights looking into their tankers, or the frac tank that blew and killed a man in Armstrong County PA, or the "water treatment" facility that burned to the ground when drip gas (about 1%-3%) of the production water pulled from the pits ignited the storage tanks in New Castle PA around Sept of 08 or 09 that committed insurance fraud to get the plant rebuilt, or the plant that exploded in Youngstown several months later for the same reason. I just hope Gasland 2 covers the CMU report about the increased levels of brine from 34 municipalities NOT set up to treat the production water discharging directly into the Ohio River watershed that leads all the way to the Gulf, and when treated with chlorination, the chemicals turn into carcinogenic bromides. And the "Bio's" methanes which are freed up and sent to the surface from the drilling and fracking process and not necessarily from water well drilling. Funny how a well can produce fresh water for decades until the land is fractured, and all of the sudden its the water well's fault. I have a relative who is a lawyer for the industry and admits 3-4% of the concrete lined wells fail. It just takes one! You know, like BP Horizon was just ONE!

gavin6942 It is happening all across America -- rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property.We see natural gas leaking into water wells, turning it colors and making people sick. The film shows a horse, cat and person with hair missing from drinking the water. By far the most visual part is when various residents are able to light their tap water on fire. Burning water? Seems impossible, yet there it is.What to make of this? The strongest critics say it is a fraud, but there is more than enough evidence to show this is an accurate film. And yet, we cannot just stop producing gas and other forms of energy -- it would cripple the nation. What do we do? It seems that we need to find a safer way...