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FrackNation Documentary Director Phelim McAleer on the benefits of fracking and opposition from environmental groups.
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It -- -- different subject hydraulic fracturing it is known as fracking.
For natural gas it's time -- tiny towns in the huge energy boom towns -- that's.
We talked to hundreds of people gotten -- right -- enough for gas is being produced through practice.
And we are very upset but not because -- he's renting them.
Quite the opposite ends in their cohorts saying god is the best -- of -- has ever happened to them.
Not that was a clip from -- nation that's a new movie.
Joining us now is -- -- medically he is the direct all of that new documentary which is going to be released shortly.
Fed -- thanks for joining us where those people are they are Americans who who -- helped by fracking and tell us about them.
Yet Pennsylvania.
Ohio.
Texas Louisiana.
North Dakota.
The these people are in the middle all -- and energy revolution I mean we thought of calling -- nation we -- was going to be called.
The best thing -- I would one idea of the titles from documentary because every woman that said this is the best thing ever.
It's created I think around a million jobs but then you've got all the people who get royalty payments -- you -- one acre ten acres a hundred acres.
You invite the the gas company on your -- do -- -- and the checks just keep coming on the gas is produced obviously that there is another side of the fence on this one.
And they say look you endanger ground war so it could be polluted by fracking.
And if there is a mistake in the drilling process you get a real mess on the surface and you get people's water supplies affected.
You create a great deal of noise and dust and -- with all the trucks that go around the drilling sites that -- -- the negatives and -- -- -- They want.
In New York State the governor will only allow this fracking in five counties.
Very close to the Pennsylvania border the other side then and I put it -- yeah better when it.
Well I'm -- journalists.
I don't have signs and making a documentary.
I've investigated every kiss of pollute water I wanna be quite -- this.
There is no example of fracking -- pollute water.
Not there -- lots of examples of allegations but there is non peer reviewed.
And that's a very important -- it's scientifically.
Peer reviewed independent testing there is no kids.
Of water water being -- -- there were still investigating the film is not finished but I at the moment all the allegations all the lighting up the water.
Turn out to be either -- us some Wal-Mart fraud in fact for lucrative multi million dollar and also its.
Callers are just existing examples of where we meet themes in the water for -- two years.
You -- always like if it's just become an issue united yet if you're referring to that time we will -- little clip -- from that anti fracking movie well.
I think we're gonna show it again now talk over the top of -- -- Essentially you can lights the ward coming out of your four cent now -- phentermine knows something about this because I have property.
In that downstate New York.
I've held it for many years -- -- not what I first got its.
You could indeed get a terrible smell out of the water and you could -- it and this was years before fracking and that came to Pennsylvania.
So it is that flat out hoax.
Yes yes.
Well some hope she count -- water if you look at George Washington and George Washington Thomas Ian.
When they weren't busy establishing -- republic.
They lease a right -- writing letters to each other in the seventeen hundreds of vital but the phenomenon a flop flammable water.
It's been around for hundreds years the Indians.
Called several places burning springs that was a bit of a clue that you could like your water so -- Vick in this documentary -- nation.
There's that revolution going on of cheap energy.
And it's very important.
For a lot of Americans we've asked people to say.
To show loss what cheap energy means to them another set of them look -- -- a little video.
Of Ohio lot of cheap energy -- energy means to you dialysis machines cooking -- pencils cars.
I and you'll be included in the fact nation documentary this is a people's film this is the tell the story.
Off the 99%.
Not gas -- which tells the story of the 1% that elite Hollywood.
Environmental elites fail on that Michael -- will look for missing a movie I believe it's due out very shortly got -- -- -- -- -- It'll be in the summer go to -- -- -- the fact nation FaceBook page and to the competition.
We want to hear what people's I have to say about fracking.
Not watts certain.
-- in a matter if I'm under the cross -- -- Salem actually Arafat got that right.
Turning to hello my -- -- yes not bad as adult.
That's up at a well -- I was I mean.
Yes yes no no it's it's a good one positive and well as -- -- as -- -- -- -- And them I don't have a long history together yes we've got a great future OK let's not forget that thanks through today that it was -- against.
