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Re:Fracking banned in UK as government makes major U-turn on Saturday November 02, 2019 @05:30AM (#21426706)
Britain is small and densely populated - everywhere is a suburb of somewhere - and fracking sites tend to fall in wealthy exurbs. How much future would US fracking have if most sites were in Westchester and Orange counties?
In which the NYT discovers discounted bills of exchange. Which have existed since at least the early 14th C. in Northern Italy. Sinister when the Chinese use them, though, of course.