Review of FrackNation (2013) by Andy M — 23 Mar 2016

I brought the Fracknation DVD to work so my co-workers could watch it. It was my second time watching the documentary and I still enjoyed it. McAleer has done a wonderful job collecting the facts and presenting them in a very digestible way.

He thoroughly and accurately debunks Gasland, which was fraud cloaked in a movie. My large extended family were mostly farmers when I was born, but most had to leave their farms because they simply couldn't earn enough in today's world.

So, I had a lot of sympathy for the farmers in the movie. I work in oil and gas and can attest to the huge amount of effort to get a well permitted these days. The guy in the movie said it took him 2 to 3 years to permit a well, we've had wells that took 5 years to permit! And people who try to make up stuff to sue the "rich" oil companies, like the family interviewed for Gasland and this movie are all over the place.

Watch it just to see Josh, the maker of Gasland, running away as McAleer tries to interview him, priceless!