Pic: Fracking bought a little of this road - The Maddow Blog


he sign reads: "This road is being rebuilt, paved and designed using green technology. All funding is provided by Chesapeake Energy."

Chesapeake Energy has been fracking for natural gas in Pennsylvania, not without trouble. Campbell, a librarian, also sends the state notice about the paving work, for 2.5 miles. She says that would cover the distance between Chesapeake Energy's leases on the 10-mile-or-so road.

That's a lot of how fracking seems to work. Across the border in Ohio, Governor John Kasich has made a habit of saying a single company could blast $1 trillion in oil and gas from the shale underground in his state -- an estimate the AP calls "exorbitant." On a much smaller scale, very poor Youngstown, Ohio, has had trouble paying for the paving of its streets. But the state is sending over money to fix the roadway used as an entrance by a fracking company, which, by the way, is promising to bring more than 100 jobs to Youngstown.
Real fracking good....