Originally posted by the Voice of America. Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America, a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in the public domain. Falling Gas Prices Impact US Oil Extraction With the price of oil now less than $80 a barrel, motorists throughout the United States are benefiting from gas prices below $3 a gallon. But as VOA's Kane Farabaugh reports, the decreasing price of petroleum has a downside for the hydraulic fracturing industry in the United States. __________________________________________________________________ [1]http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2528889.html References 1. http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2528889.html