America - all fossil fuel, all the time:

CSM declares:

How I learned to stop worrying and love fracking

Fracking has drawn the ire of environmentalists but new reports document the economic benefits of tapping shale gas resources. They also suggest that many of the environmental concerns are either overstated or unfounded.

USA Today trumpets:

Energy primes US economy’s pump

Newly found sources of domestic oil and natural gas are having an even bigger effect on the economy than first projected, adding more than $1,200 last year to the discretionary income of the average U.S. family, a new study says.

The explosion in domestic energy production now supports 1.2 million jobs, directly or indirectly, says consulting firm IHS in a study released Wednesday. That number will grow to 3.3 million by 2020, and new energy’s contribution to U.S. families’ disposable incomes will hit $2,000 per household per year by 2015, said IHS.

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