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When Jeff Andrysick and his wife Jody found out that the gas company was going to drill near their farm, they dropped everything to find out more. Then they bought a video camera and made a movie that would tell everyone in their area what they learned. You can hear about them and their film in a previous episode of Listen In or by visiting allfrackedup.com. Another farmer, Carl Arnold, was concerned when he heard about the gas companies’ plans. He went out of his way to talk to many people who had either worked on the process of hydraulic fracturing or live in the areas where it is being done. He learned so much along the way that he could only tell us a small amount in the time we had. His story covers the history of the new horizontal gas wells, the experience of people who live near them and the legislation and regulations that have come along the way. For their part, the gas companies have taken a lot of time and energy to tell the public about how these new wells can be a positive part of rural New York life and a victory for American energy independence, but Mr. Arnold wants to remind his neighbors of their track record in other parts of the world where they have resorted to violence to extract valuable petroleum while damaging the natural ecosystem, destroying whole communities who have stood in their way. ROUSE (Residents Opposing Unsafe Shale-Gas Extraction) Music for this episode comes from the Zero Project (http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/zero-project) from Greece.