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A few short years ago natural gas was over $8 per cfm, and the major gas producers started sinking wells from Norther West Virginia to Suthern New York, and have basicly flooded the market. Many of the larger producers are near their storage capacity and are starting to scale back on production. I think we will start seeing natural gas prices increase over the next couple of years.

To answer your question, Romney could help the coal industry by reigning in the EPA and letting the free market determine which energy source we use.

i'm afraid natural gas is here to stay this is when the gas boom started

In 2005, the Bush/ Cheney Energy Bill exempted natural gas drilling from the Safe Drinking Water Act. It exempts companies from disclosing the chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing. Essentially, the provision took the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) off the job. It is now commonly referred to as the Halliburton Loophole.

until natural gas is regulated this fracking is new stuff we don't realy know
what kind of damage it is going to do

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/...t-fracking

http://www.marcellus-shale.us/2005-Energy-Act.