Review of GasLand

GasLand (2010)
7/10
One Man's Mission to Explore Natural Gas
3 December 2012
It is happening all across America -- rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property.

We see natural gas leaking into water wells, turning it colors and making people sick. The film shows a horse, cat and person with hair missing from drinking the water. By far the most visual part is when various residents are able to light their tap water on fire. Burning water? Seems impossible, yet there it is.

What to make of this? The strongest critics say it is a fraud, but there is more than enough evidence to show this is an accurate film. And yet, we cannot just stop producing gas and other forms of energy -- it would cripple the nation. What do we do? It seems that we need to find a safer way...
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