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the2real4mafol on 06 May 2013
osed125 said:

What the hell is fracking?

That's the only one I got wrong. I blame English!

It's a method of extracting natural gas from the ground. You drill a hole and send highly pressured water into the hole, which forces the gas to the surface. It has been known to contaminate water and cause small earthquakes



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drkohler on 06 May 2013
Kantor said:
Barozi said:

What's supposed to be good about that ?

When not properly regulated or carried out safely, it can contaminate groundwater.

It ALWAYS contaminates groundwater. That is the way fracking works. Just ask the people in Pennsylvania (where fracking was started a few years ago).
It is just about the worst environmental hazard you can invent. It is no wonder that it is great in the States, because big business who does the fracking just leaves the site after they're done - makes the whole thing extremely cheap - for those who don't live there.And we all know just jow much America cares for the environment as lang as the $ rolls in..



kumagawa on 06 May 2013
crissindahouse said:

haha spurge how could you answer the laser question wrong? you play video games god damn



http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/sonic-screw-driver-i-have-a-sonic-laser/

 

Sound based laser's exist so he isn't wrong.



crissindahouse on 06 May 2013
kumagawa said:
crissindahouse said:

haha spurge how could you answer the laser question wrong? you play video games god damn



http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/04/sonic-screw-driver-i-have-a-sonic-laser/

 

Sound based laser's exist so he isn't wrong.

but the l in laser stands for light.



homer on 06 May 2013

Knew everything but fracking. Sounded like something coal miners would do.



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Player2 on 06 May 2013
pezus said:
Lol @spurge and lasers.

I got 13/13: "You scored better than 93% of the public and the same as 7%."

Aren't you too old to pass as a highschool student?

Only 31% of College Grad+ knew the answer was Nitrogen? What the hell is wrong with this country.



chapset on 06 May 2013

most people got the fracking and Nitrogen question wrong and it's understandable because if you never heard of fracking on the news you probably will never heard about it elsewhere unless you are in civil engineering and people seem to forget there is one form of life that surpass other species in number and that's the plants and nitrogen is essential in their growth



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Max King of the Wild on 06 May 2013
chapset said:
most people got the fracking and Nitrogen question wrong and it's understandable because if you never heard of fracking on the news you probably will never heard about it elsewhere unless you are in civil engineering and people seem to forget there is one form of life that surpass other species in number and that's the plants and nitrogen is essential in their growth

Bio-chem & Molecular Biology major. I've heard all about it



Ssenkahdavic on 06 May 2013

13/13

Though I am a Scientist, so if I scored lower Id probably jump in front of traffic.



 

  

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Max King of the Wild on 06 May 2013
Ssenkahdavic said:
13/13

Though I am a Scientist, so if I scored lower Id probably jump in front of traffic.

Same here. Except I'm studying to be a scientist