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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Fracking and "lines to take"

1) What does fracking mean here? (OneLook fails me)
2) What does "lines to take" mean?

Context:

Emails reveal UK helped shale gas industry manage fracking opposition

Government officials accused of cheerleading for fracking by sharing 'lines to take' and meeting for post-dinner drinks
  

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NL888 1) What does fracking mean here? (OneLook fails me) You're right and I'm surprised. org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing NL888 2) What does "lines to take" mean?

— Mister Micawber

  • NL888 1) What does fracking mean here?
  • (OneLook fails me) You're right and I'm surprised.
  • org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing NL888 2) What does "lines to take" mean?
  • Methods of proceeding in their arguments; stances/positions to assume in discussions
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NL8881) What does fracking mean here? (OneLook fails me)
You're right and I'm surprised. It is a big buzzword nowadays—a short form of 'fracturing':

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing
NL8882) What does "lines to take"
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Thanks.
Still confused by two questions:
1) What does "fracking opposition" mean? Sounds like "frackturing/smashing the opposite party" to me.
2) cheerleading for fracking? Being pleased by fracturing?
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NL888) What does "fracking opposition" mean?
Many environmentalists are against this method of petroleum extraction—it damages the environment.
NL8882) cheerleading for fracking?
Enthusiastically supporting this method.
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In "Emails reveal UK helped shale gas industry manage fracking opposition", does "manage" mean "support (fracking opposition" or "suppress the opposition"?
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